Hey Karl,

It is difficult for me to understand your hostility directed toward me and
my simple message posted yesterday.  Believe me, it was not my intention to
ruffle your feathers in any way.  I am not an engineer and so do not have
the obvious super advanced insight into these matters that you feel that you
have. But I do not think I have to apologize for that lack of advanced
training, if that's what it really is, to communicate effectively with you.
The thrust of my yesterday message was meant to be an attempt to share a
small tidbit of useful information with other listees.  Just trying to give
something back to the list, and it's individual members, who have provided
me with so much good information while I struggled to get my Vanagon up and
running, again.  I dare say, without the accumulated wisdom of this
remarkable list I would have been hopelessly lost, like a feather in the
wind, and probably still struggling with the intricacy of this marvel of
German engineering known as Vanagon.

I went out and measured the distance from ground level to the top of my
waterpump, this morning, which is about 23".  I then went to the front and
measured the distance from ground level to the top of the radiator, which is
about 40", which according to my way of thinking represents a angle of rise
of nearly 45 degrees.  Because of my evident lack of specialized advanced
insight, I just assumed that the coolant would not easily flow to the higher
level without an assist.  If I am wrong about this, my mistake.  But I see
no reason to apologize for "nonsense conclusions", as you put it.  Or to be
made to feel less than human for drawing a natural inference having to do
with the natural flow property of water, which the last time I looked was
still downhill via the force of gravity.

Or is there something I've missed?

David Gunning
Lovell, ME 04051

85 Wolfsburg Westy
Kubota 4WD
Limmer Boots
Bare Feet