[Roadsters] Water Pipe

[JohnnyRoadster]

The one that is attached to the heat shield underneath the SU carbs.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Peters" <ppeters914 at comcast.net>
To: "Datsun Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Water Pipe


> What water pipe are you talking about?
>
> Pete
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "JohnnyRoadster" <JohnnyRoadster at comcast.net>
>> hanks for the info Keith.  I have pipe sitting around, so I may try to
>> fabricate something to see how it looks.
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Keith0alan at aol.com
>>   To: JohnnyRoadster at comcast.net ; datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
>>   Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 9:40 AM
>>   Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Water Pipe
>>
>>
>>   With water in it the temp will never get hot enough to melt solder. 
>> I've
>> seen copper ones before and they seem to have worked fine.
>>
>>   keith
>>
>>   In a message dated 7/25/2008 5:10:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>> JohnnyRoadster at comcast.net writes:
>>     I cleaned mine off the other day, and it was in OK shape.  But I was
>> thinking
>>     of just making one out of copper pipe and bending it at one end with 
>> a
>> pipe
>>     bender, and the sweating a 'T' and bend the other end.  This would be
>> close to
>>     the same shape as an original.
>>
>>     My question is, how hot does it get above the exhaust manifold where 
>> this
>>     would be?  This idea would only work if it didn't get too hot to melt 
>> the
>>     solder.
>>
>>
>>     SPL311-19356
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