Well, my camper is newer than most -- it's  a '91.  The coolant bottle cracked at the neck this year.  That is 22 or 23 years without trouble.  I got a new bottle from a local parts vendor, for $35.75.  Maybe in 20 years I will need another.  So, I don't think I need to spend well in excess of $200 for an aluminum bottle.  Perhaps, in fact, RMW is pulling our collective legs?  mcneely

---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Yeah, what Stuart said: Rocky Mountain Westy says, "Our new aluminum
> coolant tank is just what is needed for replacing the troublesome
> plastic stock tanks in your Vanagon."
>
> Are the "plastic stock tanks" in our Vanagons troublesome?
>
> And would an aluminum coolant tank be just what I am needing?
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 07/30/2013 09:13 AM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> > RMW also has the ultimate solution:
> > http://www.rockymountainwesty.com/Vanagon_Aluminum_Expansion_Tank_p/02512140
> > 3-al.htm  Get the impression these bottles are problematic?!
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> > TonyCollins
> > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 7:46 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Coolant reservoir bottle the 85 gl 2wd type
> >
> > So can someone tell me, is leaking from the under side of these is
> > common/possible? I came outside this evening to a drip from the back of the
> > van.
> >
> > Inspection revealed drip directly above the coolant bottle bracket.
> > (Underside of bottle ) I could not flip the bottle over or enough to see
> > under it after I took the retaining screws off. Coolant hoses seem dry, cap
> > seem dry.  Seems to leak under pressure. Drip drip drip.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Tony
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone=
> >

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David McNeely