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Subject:Re: Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit, was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:15:53 -0400
At 10:58 PM 3/23/2009, John Bange wrote:
>I have the GoWesty brass insert kit in my other van. It's held the
>inserts fast for 20K miles so far. It appears to be a good solution. I
>will probably try riveting the steel insert with stainless rivets on
>my other van.  I reckon one solution will work as good as the other...

The rivets would be a lot cheaper, but the GoWesty method has the
advantage of not introducing any additional stress points in the
pipe.  Plastic piping whose ends fall off on a whim kinda scare me, a
lot more than the steel insert creeping out afterwards.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"