That's the kind of jury-rigging* that only someone who has a good
understanding of cause and effect and how these vehicles and engines work
could pull off. Me, I'd be reaching for the AAA card and the cell phone. I
bow to you.

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* Jerry-rigging? Gerry-rigging? I come down in favor of "jury-rig," viz:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_rig

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR

On 10/14/2009 2:35 PM Mike Collum wrote:

> neil n wrote:
>> In the event of a sudden coolant loss, have others found that this
>> light gave enough warning so they could pull over in time to prevent
>> the engine from over heating?
>
>
> Years ago, I cracked the passenger side head, on my '84 7 passenger, (a
> story in itself) during a trip from Maine to Virginia.  I continued the
> trip and the infusion of combustion gases into the coolant got worse.
> Before starting home (1200 miles) I found that I could loosen the
> radiator bleed screw and combustion gases (as well as some coolant)
> would escape without overpressurizing the system and without overheating
> the engine.  I could go 27 miles before the low coolant light would come
> on at which time I could top up the coolant and proceed without having
> to worry about an overheated engine.  Yeah, pulling over every 27 miles,
> during the winter, wasn't fun but it allowed me to get home without
> further damage where I could effect a proper repair at my leisure.
>
> Granted, the light didn't indicate a "Sudden" coolant loss, but I found
> it most useful just the same.
>
> Mike
>