

| Subject: | Re: Long Pipes- Copper replacement? |
| From: | Rennie Wible |
| Date: | Sat, 15 Sep 2001 21:20:27 -0700 |
That makes a listee price of: 251 121 397M $ 74.95 251 121 399M $102.24 There are 8 different hoses listed, but these are the high and low prices for all 8. Rennie VolksDragon@earthlink.net Peyton Cramer VW Los Angeles Tim Hannink wrote: > > Goldibox' previous owner had replaced both in August of 99. > > The receipt shows P/N 251-121-397M @ $119.92 and P/N 251-121-399M @ $163.30. > > Tim Hannink - tjhannink@earthlink.net <mailto:tjhannink@earthlink.net> > Winter Park, Florida > Goldibox - 1987 Wolfsburg Edition Westfalia Camper > http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/ > <http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1443607> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of Jay L Snyder > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 12:34 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Long Pipes- Copper replacement? > > Has anyone priced the new VW plastic parts? Copper is not cheap. > > Jay > > Peter Krogh <VW85Westy@AOL.COM> on 09/14/2001 11:08:51 AM > > Please respond to VW85Westy@AOL.COM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > cc: (bcc: Jay L Snyder/AE/DuPont) > Subject: Long Pipes- Copper replacement? > > I have gotten a few responses to my query about my cooling system repairs. > My question now is this: > Has anyone (can I) used 1.25' Copper house pipe to replace the long steel > pipes in the '85? It looks like I could make the bends with a couple 45 > degree connectors. > Any opinions on, especially, the durability of copper house pipe in this > application? Is the pipe strong enough? Would the soldiered joints deal > with the vibration and flex of being on a car? > I assume that there is no metalurgical reason not to use copper. > I'd like to work on this over the weekend, so opinions appreciated. > Peter & Zippy
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