In a message dated 23/05/2005 2:45:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

On the  eternal subject of cooling your wasserboxer:

! spotted a pinhole leak  in the upper coolant crossover pipe on my 1.9,
this is the metal pipe that  goes across the top of the engine (P/N 025 121
081F, according to  ETKA).

Looks like a new replacement is NLA from VW or the various list  vendors,
has anyone got a spare in good condition they'd be willing to part  with?

I brazed the pinhole (and three more that I opened up while  cleaning the
thing up), and gave the whole thing a coat of POR-15  afterward, I'm hoping
that'll get me through Westies in the Woods this  weekend (Stokes State
Forest, New Jersey - ya'll come!).

Even if my  first-time-ever-totally-amateur brazing job holds up, I expect
more  rust-through to happen somewhere, so I'd like to get a  replacement
(preferably from a van that didn't spend most of it's life in  the rust belt).

This is the pipe that connects to a rubber hose from  the plastic H on the
left, runs to a (smaller) heater hose low on the right  side, and has a tiny
nipple that connects (through a thin hose) to the  plastic bleeder on the
firewall.

Tim, as you've found out this pipe is NLA.   Your brazing and POR-15ing is
the best method of recovery.  I do them all  the time here.  If you have floated
braze over the rusted area well and  properly applied the POR-15 then the
pipe will last practically forever and it's  much better than a new one.  I've
been slowing recuperating all those pipes  I can get my hands on and repairing
them for future needs.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005
'87 Westy, '90 Carat &  Lionel Trains
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