

| Subject: | Re: '85 with geysering coolant (Update) |
| From: | John Lauterbach |
| Date: | Sat, 2 Sep 2006 00:42:37 -0400 |
Gary --- what brand/part number and where did you get it? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Bawden" <goldfieldgary@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 11:53 PM Subject: Re: '85 with geysering coolant (Update) > Greetings fellow Vanagonauts, > > Last week after the "H" shaped piece next to the > coolant tank sprang a leak, several listees helped me > out and directed me to the GoWesty site, where a photo > was posted of the piece I needed! Since there was no > way it'd get here before I had to leave, I used some > of the new silicone self-curing tape on the split > plastic tube (where the geyser was originating from), > and hoped for the best. > > A week later, and pulling several big hills, with an > exploratory run across about 50 miles of interesting > desert, for a total of about 700 miles since the > temporary fix, I have lost not one drop of coolant! > No, I don't own stock in the company, but I will keep > some of that silicone tape in my toolbox from now on. > > I'm sure there are a lot of problems it won't fix, but > it's right up there with duct tape and baling wire in > my book! > > Gary > > Hector (85 GL) > Annabelle (85 GL) > Anna (82 diesel) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
Have something to add on this topic today? Revive this thread in the forum »