dear all those interested in my thermostat
got the oem at chico volkswagen... yea

fule line... i removed fire starter and replaced with a push on fitting ...
wish i had not cut the line in the first place ...
i was misguiding my self when i approached joband came to that part ...
so this morning i pushed on joint and clamped with proper bull squeeze
clamps ...

but now ... i am wrestling with the other .. revenge for dresden ... the o
ring at the thermostat housing
3 and counting ...

discussions with mike today have lead me to believe that if those who
designed the space shuttle had driven aand worked on  a  vanagon ... that
little o ring incident and the consequences following would likely never
have happened
yours

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Many parts books list the Audi thermostat as being correct for the Vanagon.
> The lower or bypass disc on those is wrong (too large) and can stick in the
> housing after opening. You could try another part store or maybe a dealer
> is
> close by.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Roger Whittaker
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:12 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: question about thermostat ... or not
>
> dear thermostat people
>
> yes thermostat is not hard to obtain ... but i am dealing with a parts
> store
> that inssits the one he gave is correct
> clearly it is not ...
> i even went back with calipers to show differences but he says it is what
> the paper book and the computer says to put in
> i am not into wasting my day arguing with a guy i need other parts from ...
>
> i can likely get p[roper part three or four hours north of here
> but may have to wait til i get home
> yours
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 7:47 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Thermostat is not a hard to obtain item, and is not that hard to put in
> (or
> > to get put in).  I would do that, rather than drive the vehicle that far
> > without proper temperature control.  That said, if ambient temperatures
> > generally run well above freezing, I can't see any terrible harm.  After
> > all, most of the time you will be driving with the engine warmed and
> > operating, not starting it up from cold a great many times.  I just would
> > not want to do it.  I have even been advised that an 80 C rather than 87
> C
> > thermostat is quite undesirable (though they are readily available).
> >
> > DMc
> >
> > ---- Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > > dear fellow vanagoners
> > >
> > > i am in a position where i am making a 20 hour drive with out the
> > thermostat
> > > in place on a 1984 vanagon
> > > with a 2.1 digifant replacement engine (2005) with less than 1000 miles
> > on
> > > it ...
> > >
> > > benny boy says the thermostat is crucial to proper performance of
> > injector
> > > system
> > > then he writes about living in very cold quebec ...
> > >
> > > i am in the very pleasant northwest ...
> > >
> > > i will of course replace thermostat with proper item once back home
> > >
> > > will 20 hour drive cause problems ...
> > > what about a four hour drive to get parts then ???
> > > yours
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > roger w
> > > From Proverbs:
> > > Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> > > servant who becomes king ...
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>
>
>
> --
> roger w
> From Proverbs:
> Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> servant who becomes king ...
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--
roger w
From Proverbs:
Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
servant who becomes king ...
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