Well no wonder I've never been fond of that beer!!
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Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: Steering rack replacement and replacement and . . .

> >To flush the system, I made a temporary reservoir from a gallon metal
pour
> >can by cutting out its bottom and adapting a hose barb to its screw on
lid.  I
> >hang it above the reservoir and connect it to the pump supply line.  I
> >disconnect the return at the reservoir and run it to a catch basin.  I
fill the can
> >leaving some room for slosh then start the engine and while it is idling
I turn
> >the steering from lock to lock until the fluid is expended.  It is nice
to
> >have a helper at the wheel so that you don't have to run back and forth
from the
> >front of the van to the rear.  When the pump starts spinning the fluid
> >disappears pretty damn fast and if you have a helper you can add even
more fluid to
> >the flush.  Of course, the reservoir also has to be scrubbed clean before
the
> >system is filled.
> >
> >The only problem is what to do with the wasted ATF left over from the
> >flushing.  I keep a couple gallons of it around to use for a quench when
heat
> >treating, the rest I dump into a pristine, babbling mountain stream near
Latrobe,PA.
> >I think it is the same one the Rolling Rock brewery uses.