[s-cars] Help with the Evil T shaped coolant connector

[manuelsanchez at starpower.net]

Holy Hand Grenades!

Bob you are indeed a super-genius, and I am such an idiot.

I think I tried evry conceivable orientation except turning
the freakin clip 90 degrees.

I feel so stupid.

-m



---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 07:27:37 -0400
>From: "Robert Rossato" <r0ssat0_987 at att.net> 
>Subject: RE: [s-cars] Help with the Evil T shaped coolant
connector  
>To: <manuelsanchez at starpower.net>, <s-car-list at audifans.com>,
<hahnmgh at peoplepc.com>
>
>That is correct.  The clip goes around the outside of the
fitting, in
>line with the pipe.  
>
>Manny - If you look at the next to last photo from your link
you'll
>notice that the problem isn't the height of your stack-up,
but rather
>that the ends of the clip are hitting the inside of the
opening for the
>sensor and can't spread wide enough to go around the sensor.
 Turn the
>clip 90deg.
>
>Hopefully you've already realized this.
>
>Bob
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of 
>> hahnmgh at peoplepc.com
>> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 11:55 PM
>> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Help with the Evil T shaped coolant
connector
>> 
>> 
>>  I got it now. The new black plastic clip slips around the 
>> piping from the
>> outside just like the old green metal clip. For the guy that 
>> was having
>> problems, yes as was suggested, turn the T-pipe 90' and slip 
>> the clip in from
>> around the outside so the parts that curve inward fit in the 
>> two slits and keep
>> the sensor from popping out. MGH
>>