water manifold

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Hi Folks,

made it back from 2500 km round trip thanks to Yurik's spare water manifold. Our initial repair lasted about 600 km before the soldering job cracked. I repaired again and thought that I may make it back to Perth. With the spare one finally on board we set off back to Perth. 30 km later warning light again ! As I removed it the manifold disintegrated in two new places. I reckon they're best replaced after about 100,000 kms.
There's a couple of pics attached for reference.
Some highlights of the breakdown..
- Being towed at 120 kmh at night with a trailer behind.
- The Aussies at the roadhouse who threw in their ideas and that incredibly dry laconic humour.  " yeah you'll enjoy ya two week stay here waitin for that part "
-The joy of sitting on top of a sand dune in the desert hoping for a signal to get through
so you can work out how to get out of there...
- The message from Yurik saying a part was on the way !

How much for one of the stainless versions Ben ?

Mark




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Mark,

GoWesty sells them for $89. I'll bet I know the fellow who builds them. Will check what sort of price he can do for group purchase.

Ben

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From: mark hallett
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 17:07:48 -0700 (PDT)
To: <Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] water manifold [3 Attachments]

Hi Folks,

made it back from 2500 km round trip thanks to Yurik's spare water manifold. Our initial repair lasted about 600 km before the soldering job cracked. I repaired again and thought that I may make it back to Perth. With the spare one finally on board we set off back to Perth. 30 km later warning light again ! As I removed it the manifold disintegrated in two new places. I reckon they're best replaced after about 100,000 kms.
There's a couple of pics attached for reference.
Some highlights of the breakdown..
- Being towed at 120 kmh at night with a trailer behind.
- The Aussies at the roadhouse who threw in their ideas and that incredibly dry laconic humour.  " yeah you'll enjoy ya two week stay here waitin for that part "
-The joy of sitting on top of a sand dune in the desert hoping for a signal to get through
so you can work out how to get out of there...
- The message from Yurik saying a part was on the way !

How much for one of the stainless versions Ben ?

Mark




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Gday Mark and ALL,

Out in the boondocks and stranded with a problem, this is worth having in your repair kit ....

goto: http://jbweld.net/products/jbweld.php

I bought J-B WELD epoxy from Bursons, most other auto parts outlets probably don't stock it.

Cheers.

Ken

--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, mark hallett <m.mullet@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> made it back from 2500 km round trip thanks to Yurik's spare water manifold. Our initial repair lasted about 600 km before the soldering job cracked. I repaired again and thought that I may make it back to Perth. With the spare one finally on board we set off back to Perth. 30 km later warning light again ! As I removed it the manifold disintegrated in two new places. I reckon they're best replaced after about 100,000 kms.
> There's a couple of pics attached for reference.
> Some highlights of the breakdown..
> - Being towed at 120 kmh at night with a trailer behind.
> - The Aussies at the roadhouse who threw in their ideas and that incredibly dry laconic humour.  " yeah you'll enjoy ya two week stay here waitin for that part "
> -The joy of sitting on top of a sand dune in the desert hoping for a signal to get through
> so you can work out how to get out of there...
> - The message from Yurik saying a part was on the way !
>
> How much for one of the stainless versions Ben ?
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Need a Holiday? Win a $10,000 Holiday of your choice. Enter now.http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJxN2x2ZmNpBF9zAzIwMjM2MTY2MTMEdG1fZG1lY2gDVGV4dCBMaW5rBHRtX2xuawNVMTEwMzk3NwR0bV9uZXQDWWFob28hBHRtX3BvcwN0YWdsaW5lBHRtX3BwdHkDYXVueg--/SIG=14600t3ni/**http%3A//au.rd.yahoo.com/mail/tagline/creativeholidays/*http%3A//au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/%3Fp1=other%26p2=au%26p3=mailtagline
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Gday All,

Looks like the plastic version is still available ....

Goto: http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=3895&category_id=79&category_parent_id=

Ken


--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, syncro@... wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> GoWesty sells them for $89. I'll bet I know the fellow who builds them. Will check what sort of price he can do for group purchase.
>
> Ben
>
> Sent via BenTberry by BenTNT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark hallett m.mullet@...
>
> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 17:07:48
> To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] water manifold [3 Attachments]
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> made it back from 2500 km round trip thanks to Yurik's spare water manifold. Our initial repair lasted about 600 km before the soldering job cracked. I repaired again and thought that I may make it back to Perth. With the spare one finally on board we set off back to Perth. 30 km later warning light again ! As I removed it the manifold disintegrated in two new places. I reckon they're best replaced after about 100,000 kms.
> There's a couple of pics attached for reference.
> Some highlights of the breakdown..
> - Being towed at 120 kmh at night with a trailer behind.
> - The Aussies at the roadhouse who threw in their ideas and that incredibly dry laconic humour.  " yeah you'll enjoy ya two week stay here waitin for that part "
> -The joy of sitting on top of a sand dune in the desert hoping for a signal to get through
> so you can work out how to get out of there...
> - The message from Yurik saying a part was on the way !
>
> How much for one of the stainless versions Ben ?
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Need a Holiday? Win a $10,000 Holiday of your choice. Enter now.http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJxN2x2ZmNpBF9zAzIwMjM2MTY2MTMEdG1fZG1lY2gDVGV4dCBMaW5rBHRtX2xuawNVMTEwMzk3NwR0bV9uZXQDWWFob28hBHRtX3BvcwN0YWdsaW5lBHRtX3BwdHkDYXVueg--/SIG=14600t3ni/**http%3A//au.rd.yahoo.com/mail/tagline/creativeholidays/*http%3A//au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/%3Fp1=other%26p2=au%26p3=mailtagline
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