This topic came up a few months ago -- my concern with this approach is
that if you drill and rivet the inserts into the plastic pipes, you have
now created possible micro-fractures in the plastic around the drilled
holes, which could spread over time and with repeated heat/cool cycles.

Maybe this does not happen in practice, but the GoWesty kit seems to
avoid the possibility entirely.

Allan
--
1991 Vanagon GL

Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> writes:

> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 3:27 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>        Just put two countersunk  pop rivets in them and they will not ever
>> come out again.  Very simple  fix !  No need to make mountains out of mole
>> hills.
>
>
> I've see this eference to putting in a couple of pop rivets but I'm having
> trouble seeing this.  I'm visualizing pop rivets from the outside of the
> plastic through the metal inserts.  But a pop rivet is going to have a hole
> all the way through the center that may or may not be sealed.  So what am I
> missing? A type of rivet that I'm not familiar with or what?
> BTW, I'm not being critical, just not able to see the pop rivets in there
> without the possibility of leaks.