The Kennedy Engineering petcock simplified things on my '84.  I 1/4" ID
Tygon tubing to run outlet of petcock to a water-trap made from 1 gallon
polycontainer.  Polycontainer is on top of 8' step ladder.  I am still
working out exact details.  Take appropriate safety precautions and use
appropriate personal protective equipment when dealing with coolant,
especially when hot.

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA
'84 7-passenger

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Kasper" <dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: Needed: a GOOD Procedure for Bleeding Air from Coolant

> search for any message in the last six months from ben huot, who seems
> to have recently gone quiet.  his method (with modifications for
> location) worked for me just fine when i blew off my return hose
> climbing a STEEP hill at hollister this year.  of course, the van's
> front end was thus WAY higher than its back end, which simplified things
> a bit.  having two friends there to help was a good thing, too.
>
> the webpage in ben's signature line (or referenced in his post) contains
> the bleeding page.
>
> bill
> '87 syncro westfalia
> just got the kep wiring diagrams
>
>
> On Friday, July 19, 2002, at 11:27 AM, kevin obrien wrote:
>
> > Hello all....
> >
> > I've been searching the archives for hours...reading
> > one opinion after another (and a few good arguements)
> > about how to bleed the air out of a 2.1 coolant system
> > . Does anyone have a Bomproof Method they can
> > recommend on how to do this procedure????
> >
> > Please respond asap as I GOTTA get this done.
> >
> > Cheers!
> > kevindobrien@yahoo.com
> >
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