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Subject:Re: Long life Coolant & alloy wheel questions
From:Stuart MacMillan
Date:Tue, 1 May 2012 10:41:46 -0700

Thank you Frank, very helpful!

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Frank Condelli
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 2:09 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Long life Coolant & alloy wheel questions

        Stewart, I have been using Prestone Long Life coolant in my van and
all my customers vans for many years.  It is phosphate free and is the best
alternative to the expensive and hard to find VW coolant.  As for the centre
caps, I have them new, see my <www.frankcondelli.com/sales.htm> webpage.
Studs and bolts in good chrome finish can be found at most any good wheel
shop.  You want these:  Lug bolt, CARAT wheel, chrome plated, cone seat, 17
mm head, 14 x 1.5 x 32 mm  and  Lug nut, CARAT wheel, chrome plated, bulge
cone seat, 19 mm head, 14 x 1.5 RH

On 2012-04-30, at 5:46 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> I ran Dexcool in my '84 for about 5 years before I sold it without a
> problem.  Is anyone running a long life coolant like this or Zerex G-05?
> How about VW's G-12?  Nothing relevant came up in the archives.  I may
> just flush and replace with the blue stuff since I hope to re-engine
> with a Subaru in less than two years anyway, but it seems stupid to
> use that expensive product.
>
>
>
> Also, I got a set of 14" VW alloy wheels along with this rig, but no
> studs/nuts or center caps.  Any ideas where I can get these?  Are they
> worth bothering with?

Cheers,

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 VW Westy, '00 Kawasaki 250 Sherpa, "98 Ducati 750 Monster & Lionel
Trains (Collection for sale) Frank Condelli & Associates - Vanagon/Vanagon
Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust
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