I just bought a basically new but used Mocal sandwich thermostatic
adapter along with their braided ss lines and fancy couplings AND a 16
row Mocal cooler for a bit less than half of the lowest prices I found
online.  That should get me ready for hot summer driving.

On 11/21/08, Ken Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net> wrote:
> That's basically what I was trying to convey.
>
> Fifty one years  and I still haven't quite learn the mantra;"you get what
> you pay for"....
>
> Ken Lewis
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
> in statu viae
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 12:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Oil temp musings and hairbrained ideas
>
>
>>
>> The pictured sandwich adapter looks pretty low-rent. That hole IS
>> pretty small, and a bi-metallic strip acting directly as a valve? Ja,
>> no thanks. If you pay more, you get more. For example, Mocal makes a
>> sandwich adapter...
>> <http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/product/2972/Mocal_Sandwich_Plate>
>> ...that uses a more reliable thermostat system and a larger bypass.
>>
>> --
>> John Bange
>> '90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen"
>> '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"
>>
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