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Subject:Re: Coolant hose tape
From:A. Hurley
Date:Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:10:38 -0400

I checked with two local stores and they gave me blank look on silicone
tape. Where did you find it? I ended up getting generic hose fix-it tape
which I haven't put on yet....

Thanks,

Andree

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007, Gary Bawden wrote:

> Bryan,
>
> That was probably me. I used X-treme Tape (brand name) silicone tape. It's
> pretty easy to find.
>
> Just as an update, last month (still running with my repaired plastic
> H-connector), I suffered a loss of coolant. Of course I figured that the
> H-connector had split further (after all it'd been about four months) but
> what happened was I had broken one of the plastic clips on the firewall that
> holds the rubber hoses up. The hose fell onto the exhaust manifold and
> ruptured. The repaired H-connector never leaked, but I replaced it anyway,
> and will carry it as a spare. I'm still in the process of hammering out some
> copper pipes to replace the rubber hoses with (yes, I have a penchant for
> doing things the hard way!)     : )
>
> Gary
>
> BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET> wrote,
>
> A while back someone posted a link to some emergency tape you can carry for
> patching coolant tubes. I can't find it in the archives.  Anybody have a
> link for that?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>

Sincerely,

Andree Hurley

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