Had to happen I suppose.
Came across the shopping centre car park to put the groceries in my t3 & there's a pool of coolant under it.
Won't touch it here, just make sure there's plenty in it to get home. As it stands, a very wise move.
Got home, got it unloaded & up on the jack.
Here's this thing that is obviously some sort of junction for the cooling with coolant dripping from two hoses, or so I thought.
Checked the larger one, no problem. As soon as I touched the smaller one, the pipe fell off, not the hose.
Coolant everywhere & a dead duck truck. (For those who don't know, coolant tastes like shit & is a lousy eyewash.)
I must say, after 17 years of playing with kombis, this was the most difficult bloody thing I have tried to get out, & I am disgusted that a major part of any one of my trucks is plastic.
Got the part yesterday (kept the old one, a mate of mine is going to make one out of brass). Took a lot less time to put it back together & I'm back in business.
If there's an upside, it's that I've learned a little more about my t3.
Also the absolute pleasure of dealing with Ben Durie.
Spook Driving the 64 wheeler
1,168 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.
