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Subject:Re: Coolant Leak INSIDE my Vanagon
From:Earl Smith
Date:Wed, 21 Oct 1998 03:43:06 -0700

At 05:05 PM 10/20/98 EDT, you wrote:
>Is it possible to use the water ball valve on the heating core???
>
>James
>W88kender

Unfortunately not without considerable work and ingenuity.  VW use a heavy
plastic end that is drilled and tapped to mount the valve.  The US cores use
a thin brass casing.  A good repair shop could solder a heavy piece of brass
onto the casing in order to mount the valve.  Could wind up costing as much
as a replacement VW core.  Both the cores I bought were C$20.

Earl from Sunny Sooke
84 ex-California Vanagon