Hi Carl;
    I have done both things i have replaced the coolant pipe with the
factory one, expensive and it rusted again, I have brazed them,  spliced in
rad type hose and most recently i only kept the water pump end and made up
the rest with 1 1/4" copper pipe fittings and a peice of hose.  I will never
buy the factory piece again

Kevin McCaig
86 doublecab Transporter
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Hansen <carl_hansen@IEEE.ORG>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 6:26 PM
Subject: Coolant Pipes and runs hot (150k miles)

>Hi, just a few quick questions for my brother-in-law.  He's got an '86
>Westy Weekender with 150k miles on her.  Lives in the U.P of Michagan.  (No
>e-mail, dark ages up there, you know.  Actually, he works for the Forest
>Service and their network and server situation is dismal.)
>
>**  Metal pipe from water pump to thermostat on the left side engine bay.
>
>This pipe is rusty, has been welded before by my dad, now getting too rusty
>to continue with.  Has anyone had any experience replacing this??  i.e.,
>has anyone cut off the rusty parts, and spliced in radiator hose??  It does
>run 6 inches up from the exhaust pipe from #3 so can be expected to be in a
>hot area.
>
>Or is this a dealer only replacement part and therefore expensive?
>
>**  Dave sez it's running up around 3/4 of the water temp guage.  He
>remembers it running at 1/2 of guage, closer to the overtemp light.  (He
>had a bad sender for a while, disconnected wire, and has now replaced the
>sensor.)
>
>Considering this vehicle now has 150k miles on it, any thoughts as to
>common things to check for higher than normal H2O temperature??
>
>Thanks
>
>Ch
>'89 SyncroBeast
>Prior Lake  MinneSnowta
>Land of Sky Blue Waters
>