Date:         Sat, 30 Oct 1999 20:43:07 EDT
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: How do you replace the hose from the coolant overflow tank?!!
Comments: To: printstud@T-THREE.COM

Peter;
        I fought this one just last week for about 45 minutes!! There is
not enough room to cut it with a pair of dikes. Then I got out the Dremel
tool. It was off in a matter of seconds!!!
Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe

On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 12:51:17 -0600 Peter <printstud@T-THREE.COM> writes:
>Do any of you syncronauts know how to replace the hose from the
>coolant
>expansion tank to the coolant overflow tank???    Mine needs to be
>replaced.
>at one end of the tube there's a simple hose clamp which is easy to
>disconnect, but at the other end theres a crimped metal piece that
>holds the
>hose noto the "nipple" of the plastic tank.  I'm afraid I'd damage the
>plastic nipple in trying to uncrimp this connection.  Any ideas??
>I'm
>hoping you dont have to replace the whole tank, just to change the
>hose!
>Thanks, Peter
>- Peter
>'87 Syncro 84K
>Honda CBR 600  23K
>Reply to:  printstud@bigfoot.com

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