Or you can drive up my driveway, with a 10" pine tree root under it....
bmc  :)
"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."

> From: "developtrust" <developtrust@home.com>
> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 16:55:43 -0800
> To: "Ben McCafferty" <ben@kbmc.net>, <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Subject: Re:      Re: '91Westy Coolant loss
>
> So if you drive up on ramps (about 9 to 10 inches high) that should do it,
> right? Or another list member's clever idea was to drive up a hill and do it
> there.
>
> William Polowniak
> 1989 Vanagon GL
> 1988 Mercedes 300 SE
>
>
>> 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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