In a message dated 5/19/99 8:44:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Matt.Kulka@hboc.com writes:
<< I've heard this urban myth for a long time, but never had a car that
vapor-locked to test it out. My WAG though, is that the clothespin acts as
a heat sink, drawing just enough heat out of the line to overcome the vapor
lock. It sure does look silly though. >>
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Wood is not a very good conductor of heat. Why not drape a wet rag over the
line? Or use a metal soldering heat sink? I bet the first guy to use the
clothes pin only did so because that was all he had, and it stuck.
Allen Hefner
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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