Jacques,
glad to hear that you found a solution.
i spent alot of time in my grandfather's presence too.
when ever i asked " papa why...whatever" he would ALWAYS tell
me "so that little boys will ask questions, and learn to learn steve."
that man has been gone since '79, still having a profound
effect on me.....steve #1131
>From: "jacques burgalat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: V-MAX TECH LIST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: V-max electrical, shut down while crusing, europart
>Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 13:17:35 -0400
>
>Paul,
>I'm the guy with the same prob. Yesterday morning, I wrapped the radiator
>hose going to the rear valve cover with a piece of reflective aluminum,
>automobile-type windshield sun screen, held in place by a couple of plastic
>tywraps. Then, I road around for a couple of hours. Twas a fine Spring day
>here in Paradise (hotter than hell and twice as muggy), and I purposely let
>her over-heat: 45 minutes on I-95 at about 100 mph (with no ticket, yet)
>followed by an hour in Jacksonville's renowned rush-hour traffic, then,
>just for good measure, I let her idle for 10 minutes during a draw bridge
>cycle back here in Saint Augustine. No shut-downs, no sputtering, nothing.
>I did pretty much the same thing today (since it was a little 'warmer'
>out), and again, nothing. I wrapped the hose on only about 3/4 of its
>circumference, leaving the visible part of the hose unwrapped, and on all
>its length, down to the plastic cylinder head heat shield. Looks tacky as
>hell, but if it nothing happens in the next week or so, I'll find a more
>esthetic way of isolating the hose. My granddaddy used to say "faut pas
>chercher midi � quatorze heures" loosely translated that means "don't look
>for a complicated solution to a simple problem". Hope he was right. I'll
>keep you posted.
>Jacques
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