Just a heads up for you guys with 83-85 & that stuoooopid plastic H pipe off
the reservoir

Of couse I have a winter trip starting today, The pipe started leaking Thr,
so I paid the overnight
shipping cost & I ordered the metal H pipe from an online vendor looks like
they all get the same one
from these guys at Always V-dub (503)235-2757 it arrived as promised Friday

I had a new resivoir so I got the new rubber to connect the H pipe to the
resivoir & new clamps
I installed it in 30 mins but the metal H pipe has no pipe flare on the end
that connect to the
H to Metal Water Pipe/H to Water pump
(I can see why they just dont flare the end properly to get closer to oem)
so as soon as I had it install a small drip drip from the
H to water pump & cranked up the hose clamp but no good, I cut back the old
pipe stillno good
(the pipe was still flexible, good shape but the plastic pipe a some good
sized flared ends
and the coolant line had sat on the flared end for some years not 22 :) )
call the dealer / local flap well that pipe is NLA ... TRIP looks like it
off :(

But since the trip was on the line I get desperate I get plumbing adapters &
make the frankinstein rube goldberge
contraption that is leak free but I'll need to order from the on line
vendors a real pipe when we get back

So the heads up if that H pipe start leak order all the new coolant line
that it connects to & new clamps
you will have a 60 mins repair that will not leak last ...

ps. Also consider a new reservoir at the same time if that H pipe wnet the
res might not be far behind