Ok, the stainless steel manifold is superior to the original plastic.
But, how many of the plastic coolant fittings on our vehicles can we
replace with stainless, before we have to take out a loan?  Vanagons
have what seems like miles of coolant hose, with a plastic fitting at
every connection.  Dave Mc

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:09 PM , Jeff Lincoln wrote:

> John,
>
> Thanks I appreciate the kind words. I'm certain that somehow Grover
> will
> "live" again. The worst part so far is that he is my daily driver.
> Luckily
> Tim is a good friend with the loan of the '85.
>
> That is good to know about the Van-cafe part. I will certainly go that
> route. Now that i know it exists I'll never have that @$*&!%* plastic
> stock
> peice on there again! As far as I'm concerned it can go the way of the
> plastic firewall fuel fiting - I threw that in the trash as well!
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '90 Carat (Grover)
> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus