well, this is weird.  mine is also from 1991, with the same editorial
closing date, but has the "40 cm (15 3/4")" instruction.  definitely a
frydae.

b

>Maybe a newer version of the manual.  Mine is copyright 1991, editorial
>closing July 15, 1991.
>bmc  :)
>"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
>
>
>> From: "Scott Sullivan" <gersil0@lycos.com>
>> Organization: Lycos Mail  (http://mail.lycos.com:80)
>> Reply-To: gersil0@lycos.com
>> Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 13:00:09 -0800
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM, "Ben McCafferty" <ben@KBMC.NET>
>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
>>
>> Interesting,  I agree, just looked in my Bentley and mine uses the same
>>words
>> but aprox. 40cm (15 3/4").  Makes me wonder why the differance.
>>
>> Scot
>> --
>>
>> On Sat, 9 Feb 2002 00:20:53
>> Ben McCafferty wrote:
>>> One of must have a typo, then.  Page 19.16, just below fig. 5, "--raise
>>> vehicle approx. 10cm (4 in.) at front under cross-member with floor
>>>jack and
>>> wooden support or equivalent"
>>>
>>> What would be the benefit of going higher?  Is there another point in the
>>> system that's higher than the top of the radiator?  Hmmmm....
>>>
>>> bmc  :)
>>> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
>>>> Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
>>>> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 13:05:49 -0700
>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
>>>>
>>>> That's straight our of my Bentley.  Matter of fact, the first time I bled
>>>> the system, I misread it as 40".  That was a bitch of a job!
>>>>
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Ben McCafferty" <ben@KBMC.NET>
>>>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:58 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Karl, was that in a tech bulletin or something?  My Bentley say 10 cm, or
>>>>> about 4"?
>>>>> tx,
>>>>> bmc  :)
>>>>> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
>>>>>> Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
>>>>>> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 11:47:51 -0700
>>>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
>>>>>>
>>>>>> @ 4", you may not have fully bled the heater boxes.  VW specifies 40cm,
>>>> or
>>>>>> about 16".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Karl Wolz
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Walter Evens" <wrevens@MYEXCEL.COM>
>>>>>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 9:48 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am new to the list so Greetings to all.  It had been some years since
>>>> I
>>>>>>> changed hoses on a Vanagon and I forgot to "bleed" the system when I
>>>>>>> recently removed the alternator bracket to fix a stripped stud.  I had
>>>> to
>>>>>>> empty the system in order to remove the water pipe that goes across the
>>>>>>> engine in front of the bracket.  While driving it afterwards it heated
>>>> up
>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> little and for some odd reason corrected or bled itself as I haven't
>>>> had a
>>>>>>> temperature problem since.  Lucky me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't know about anyone else's van but there is no mistaking when my
>>>>>>> cooling fan is on. When I've been driving it and I shut the engine off
>>>> it
>>>>>>> runs a while afterwards.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On a funny note, the last time I bled the system, some "expert" told me
>>>> I
>>>>>>> had to jack the front of the van 3 FEET OFF THE GROUND!  I used a Handy
>>>>>> Man
>>>>>>> "High Lift" jack that time. I have found out since that 4 inches will
>>>> do.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Walter Evens
>>>>>>> Hesperia, CA
>>>>>>> 85 GL (late 84)
>>>>>>> 85 GL (early 85)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "Bob Stevens" <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
>>>>>>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 7:37 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks Ken and Ed. I didn't do anything with the radiator when I
>>>> changed
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> thermostat. This is the first time I've had any indications of trouble
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>> the front end. NOtice that I don't think the cooling fan comes on so,
>>>> of
>>>>>>>> course, it heats up more when driving up hill or when stopped. I don't
>>>>>>> hear
>>>>>>>> the fan but it may be operating. I'll just do first things first and
>>>>>> check
>>>>>>>> where the leak is coming from this a.m. and go from there.
>>>>>>>> Bob Stevens
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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