Okay, okay, okay. It was only a WAG - that's a "wild-a**ed guess" in these
parts. I agree with your disagreement. Makes perfect sense to me.
As I said, I've never tried it myself. I have no idea if it worked, as
these were customer cars that would come in for other service. We'd have a
chuckle and then carry on, leaving the customers' modifications in place.
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> 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...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whoa. Heat sink...don't want to start a flame war but wood is a notoriously
poor heat sink. Prove to me that the heatsink properties of a wooden
clothespin is the rationale...
...I vote for the already mentioned change in flow configuration.
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