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On 2/6/2014 12:17 PM, Greg Potts wrote:
> Hi Tony,
>
> Been there, done that. Luckily, when it happened I was at home, and I
> had a spare brake bleeder nipple in my toolbox. I drilled out the hole
> in the cap, threaded in the bleeder with some RTV silicone around it and
> once the silicone set I was good to go. I probably put about 15000 miles
> on that cap with the bleeder nipple attached, as once it proved its
> worth I felt no hurry to change it.
>
> Regardless of the weather, all plastics will off-gas as they age and get
> brittle. Mine broke in the heat of the summer. There are lots and lots
> of things waiting to break on any vanagon... it's part of the "charm" I
> guess.
>
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> Toronto, Ontario Canada
> 197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
> www.pottsfamily.ca
> www.busesofthecorn.ca
>
>
> On 2/4/2014 3:01 PM, TonyCollin wrote:
>> Hello Volks,
>>
>> I thought I share a recent fail with you. Like another member here,
>> my passenger side head which was just weeping prior to the east coast
>> freeze of 2014 is now more of a dripper bordering on gusher.
>>
>> I figure that I should check fluids and make sure that there was
>> enough coolant in the reservoir. I undo the little coolant hose from
>> the expansion tank to the main reservoir and decide to turn the cap
>> (one of the new blue ones). As I turn it, my thumb finds it way to
>> the nipple and somehow busted it right off the cap.
>>
>> All petroleum based products on that 85 gl are feeling the brunt of
>> this weather.
>>
>> So with that, watch where your thumb wanders to under these freezing
>> temperatures.
>>
>> This concludes my PSA.
>>
>> T.
>>
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