Otterstat-Finis

[Les Huckins <jhuckins@xxxx>]

Put the new otterstat on with the new clip thought you might like to
know the rest. Had heard about air bubbles and bleeding and the like so
was paying attention to the refill. All I did was start the engine and
pour coolant into the overflow reservoir until it was about half full (a
little over a gallon), put the cap on and let it run a while. Next day
checked and coolant was where I left it in the reservoir. Drove it into
town today, no heat problems at all, fans didn't come on (they normally
don't unless AC is on), by the gauge it was as cool as ever, in fact
seems a tad cooler but that's probably imagination. Otterstat clamp on
my VIN (later one) is just a piece of formed wire, a spring type, quite
strong. I wrote last about adding a nylon tie, this I did. Robert
mentioned the stainless hose clamp, that was my first instinct too but I
asked around and per previous the agreed upon clamp was the nylon tie.
The hose clamp is probably overkill but no harm in that. No bleeding
problems, no problems at all but I have one other thought, there's room
for more than one wire clamp if you care to use, If I had it to do over
I'd use 2 clamps (still can, of course, and may still do it). There's
plenty of room and from a mechanical point of view just a better
concept. Then again, how much overkill do you need?