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On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 20:43, Keith Park wrote: > Well, > > I found another good thermostat, (the one on my 71 when I first got it) I > think I broke the old one, when the rod pulled out of the threads I screwed > it in farther and I think that stressed it too much putting a hole in it > somewhere. > > Question... what was in them? If I find the hole I could solder it up but > was there a vacuum in them? Special gas? > I think it is like an alcohol based vapor. They have an alcohol smell to them when you puncture one. I have several spare thermostats here. When at auctions where there are VW parts, that is one of the things I look for anymore. "Does that engine have a thermostat and linkage on it?" -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~