Not to mention that the stainless pipes are available cut in half
strategically with a coupling. There is no easier way to install the pipes
than this!
Taking out the pipes in one piece is a process.
Putting them back in, is a headache.

I put Stock (Good used) pipes back in, and I also strategically cut them in
half....
It makes it a relative breeze!

If you're buying pipes, buy some pre-lacerated-stainless ones! They even
come with the hose clamps, and the band aid that holds them together!

-Craig
'85GL TURNED WESTY
BOSTIG In the back

On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:

> OK, let's think about this in a logical manner.  The original 1.9l
> Vanagons had plain steel pipes.  The piston liners inside the engine are
> cast iron with steel studs holding the heads on.  Any way you look at it
> the van is a multi-metal soup.  The only real way to protect against
> this is to be sure your coolant is up to snuff with the corrosion
> inhibitors which usually means changing it every couple of years.
>
> There is this guy on the Samba who I am sure is very smart and all.  He
> is telling everyone to avoid the stainless steel pipes because he looked
> at a chart and saw some electron difference (do I sound smart now too
> because mumbo jumbo automatically makes you sound like you know what you
> are talking about according to theSamba anyway).  I have been installing
> the stainless steel pipes for years now.  I have never had any problems
> with them, and they seem to be holding up well.  You can easily get them
> and they are pretty easy to install.  I love how when people spend a lot
> of time and effort trying to help others by fabricating a NLA part,
> there is always an armchair quarterback out there who spreads his gospel
> of "I am so smart, if I did something here is what I would do."  They do
> nothing except nay say or conjecture.  Please understand that this
> element is out there and act accordingly.  When all of the major vendors
> and Vanagon specialist mechanics out there are installing and or selling
> the stainless steel pipes, maybe, they just might know more than a
> certain person on the Samba who shall remain nameless, that just always
> seems to know everything about everything.
>
> This is not directed at Andrew.  He just brought this up so I thought I
> would address it here.  I am just trying to educate people.  If you are
> going to change your long coolant pipes, the stainless steel pipes are
> the best option in my opinion.  Oh yes and Go Westy's opinion, and
> Van-Cafe's opinion, and Rocky Mountain Westy's opinion, and Bus Depot's
> opinion and Just Kamper's opinion, etc.
>
> Have a great one!
>
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>
>
>
> Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>
>> Apparently stainless will result in electrolytic reactions when there is
>> aluminum in the circuit.
>>
>> I have been advised to use aluminum pipe.
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Andrew Grebneff
>> Dunedin
>> New Zealand
>> Fossil preparator
>> Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fan
>> How do you pronounce JEEP in Spanish?
>>
>>
>>