Good idea to put in a gauge. Does JC Whitney, or Rocky Mountain
Motorworks sell a kit?

(I remember the old oil pressure dashboard guages for the Microbus.)

Paul

>I had often thought of making a fitting to replace the bleeder screw on top
>of the radiator.  It would be easy to run a short length of copper 1/8"
>tubing into the dash and attach  a  0-15, or 0-30 psig guage.  It would be
>interesting to see how much pressure is on my old hoses as I am stuck in
>traffic and 95F weather....
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>Paul Cavanaugh <phonyexpress@iwaynet.net> on 07/10/2001 03:04:52 PM
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>To:   Jay L Snyder/AE/DuPont
>cc:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject:  Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
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>My Mechanic keeps replacing the heater cores under the 6 month
>warranty, so that isn't a problem - except I am tired of drying out
>the carpeting.
>Where would be a good spot for a pressure gauge?
>I have a plastic "T" where the core was, so I may leave that in till
>winter.
>My real concern is blowing two differential coolers - a metal part.
>Perhaps this is a separate problem from the heater cores?
>Thanks,
>Paul
>>By-pass the rear heater core.  Install a guage in the coolant system.  At
>>least you won't have to buy any more rear heater cores!