maybe Van Cafe does,
but are you thinking of maybe some other part they sell reproduced in metal,
like a cooling system part or two.

I do have one FireStarte Firewall fitting in metal.
I suspect it's from an early air-cooled vanagon ....back when they made more
parts of metal, and fewer in plastic.

but just bypass the thing !
there is NO reason or purpose for that part to be on the van.

----- Original Message -----
From: "miguel pacheco" <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: question about thermostat ... or not

> Roger, I believe VanCafe has a direct replacement, in metal, for the
> 'Fire Starter Teat' (sorry, I like the teat reference.).
> Miguel
>
> I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
>  - Thomas A. Edison
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> thank you i will replace today before i set out
>> yours
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Roger,
>>>
>>> Some call that plastic peice "The Fire Starter" - so please do replace
>>> it
>>> when you can. I replaced mine with some barber copper plumbing peices
>>> from
>>> HomeDepot - sorry I don't remember the exact size.
>>>
>>> That way you never have to worry about it breaking and spraying fuel on
>>> you
>>> rhot engine and exhaust.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>> '90 Carat (Grover)
>>> '86 (We call this one Parts)
>>> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> roger w
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>> servant who becomes king ...
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