You can find wooden dowels in several different sizes at yer local hardware
store or Home Depot.

Cya,
R

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: Coolant draining strategy?

> Calle Fallberg wrote:
>
>> Mike
>>
>> Save some money, make them yourself out of wood !
>> Just take a quick measure of the hose and carve some cone type plugs !
>
>
> Yup, yup, I could do some sittin' and whittlin'.
>
> What kind of i.d.'s are we talking here? Little 1/2'' guys would be
> easy. 1'' maybe so -- start with a old broomstick or something. But if
> we're talking 1-1/2'', 2'' kind of guys . . . I can't see myself sitting
> down with chunks of 2x2 or 4x4 and whittling myself anything more than a
> sore hand.
>
> I gotta spend some time under the engine cover and identify the coolant
> lines (who's got a good map of these things) and see what I'm going to
> be up against.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
> KG6RCR
>
>
>> Could be reused for other purpouses too
>> - I don�t know for what though.... making a campfire, plugging
>> someones exhaust...... your choice :-)
>>
>> Calle
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocket J Squirrel"
>> <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET>
>>
>>> Question: does anyone have a list of the i.d.s of the coolant hoses I
>>> will be unhooking when I pull the 1.9 engine? I would like to have a
>>> good collection of the right sizes of plastic plumbing fittings on hand
>>> before unplugging the hoses. Rather than unplugging the hose, measuring
>>> the i.d., then telling a small boy to keep his hand over the end of the
>>> hose, "I'll be right back," as I head off to the hardware store.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>>> 84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
>>> KG6RCR
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>  And wear safety glasses when underneath so the coolant doesn't drip
>>>>  into your eyes!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > I can follow the Usual Procedures for draining the coolant before I
>>>> > start unhooking hoses. But from there . . . keep a bunch of
>>>> > buckets handy? Is that about it? How about some kind of absorbent
>>>> > blanket or something to catch the stuff I miss?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>