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From: "Ed Weldon" <23.weldon@comcast.net>
To: "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: Plumbig My Radiator...
> Yeah Mayf !! But all those colored fittings and braided hoses look so
> cool........and they tell the competition "Don't mess with me; I've got
> money to burn"
>
> Faced with your situation I'd be thinking steel pipe and threaded fittings
> with properly designed automotive hose connections on the ends to isolate
> pipe stresses from the tank and radiator. Your background in vibration
> testing should serve you well in figuring how to mount it all up. Do a
> little lathe work so your terminating steel fittings have exactly the
right
> dimensions for reliable fit of the hoses and clamps. And if it makes you
> feel better and you have the working room add a backup clamp or some other
> gimmick to keep the hose from pulling off.
>
> Millions of cars and trucks get along just fine, often under terrible duty
> conditions (picture a beat up Toyota "tactical" in Somalia), with rubber
> hoses as long as they get replaced every 10 years or so. If for some
reason
> a section of hose has to be in the driver's compartment then build some
nice
> steel shields and silicone seal the joints to contain hot water in case of
> failure in a crash. Rubber hoses can also be shielded with metal for
other
> reasons if required.
>
> It's cold here in the CA Santa Cruz mountains. We had a 20 year low
> temperature at 26F night before last. I spent the previous 2 days getting
> ready for it; mostly triage on garden plants. Reminds me of those New
> Jersey winters. I can visualize Jon Wennerberg laughing at our
> "predicament".
> Ed Weldon
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