Hi John,

Call me crazy, but if your original radiator is not leaking and cooling well.  I’d leave it until it drips or doesn’t hold pressure.  That is unless we find a unit that we know last more then 3 years and 16,000 miles.

I don’t know the brand name on the one I have as I didn’t purchase and it is not listed on the receipt.  I’ll try to look with a friend when it is out. 

Eric Caron 

> On Feb 23, 2023, at 9:54 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Will do.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 8:44 AM ddbjorkman@verizon.net <
> ddbjorkman@verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> Be sure to mark it as a "Good shop" in VanAlert!  That would help all of
>> us out.  At least when we are in Alabama.
>> 
>> Dave B.
>> the Boston one
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2023 1:43 am
>> Subject: [VANAGON] Subie engine on-off-on-off-on-off at speed
>> 
>> I'm old and crippled up and could not get under my van. Nobody in this big
>> city - biggest in Alabama - wanted  to even put it on a rack just to look,
>> much less work on it. It would run, just had to keep speed low on an
>> interstate and you know how hazardous that can be with everybody going 90
>> mph with their hair on fire. Found a shop specialized in these old vans but
>> they were over 100 miles away. Really didn't want to go that far. T
>> discovered a specialty shop whose work was mostly on exotic foreign cars -
>> Jaguar XKE, Maserati, Bentley, Rolls Royce and the like. They agreed to
>> take my van in. Had to have the fuel tank resealed as well. 3 hours later
>> it was a done deal. And the problem with the on-off of the engine? Awire to
>> the VSS was rubbed through and broke the circuit. Spliced it  together and
>> the engine ran great. I want to give a shoutout for HESCO Automotive in
>> Birmingham, Alabama.
>>