Finally, something Vanagon-related went right.  My nephew bought the
stainless steel coolant line repair kit offered by Terry K.  Yesterday, I had
the singular "honor" of installing it.  What I thought was going to be a day
of misery turned out to be a breeze.  It took only about two hours, with most
of that time spent filling and bleeding the system.  The pipes fit like they
were made for the van, hell, they WERE made for the van.  To speed things up,
we also installed my guaranteed-to-vent-the-air bleeding system and used my
filling hook-up.

After my nephew got done groveling with gratitude, he started to ask
questions about how to repair seam rust.  I cut him off real quickly before
he could test whether or not we were really related.

Thanks to everyone who replied to my request for information and a special
thanks to Terry K. who spared me from a day of coolant dripping in my face.

George