Date:         Fri, 16 Mar 2001 19:06:49 -0500
Reply-To:     Hector Zapata <hector.zapata@XRXGSN.COM>
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From:         Hector Zapata <hector.zapata@XRXGSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Coolant hose needed urgently!
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>I need the hose from the rear heater core to the drivers side pipe.
>It goes over the rear axle.
>This is for an '87 automatic with alloy wheels.
>Also, does anyone have tips on replacing this hose. At first glance I
>cannot see how to get to either end of it.
>
>- David ('87 Wolfsburg)


Hey, David
I had  the same problem a month ago. That hose is a vw dealer part, and is
more than a $125.00 For a hose, damn). I too called bus depot, because I
ordered the hoses as on their diagram, and received two different hoses than
what  I needed, I wrote about it. What you can try is get the two separate
hoses, connect them to the coolant distributor, and with a tee, connect the
heater hose to the trans cooler hose. I actually replaced the one from the
rear heater with the trans cooler one, since I don't need either the  front
or rear, I'm in Puerto Rico, so they're disconnected. Hope you get the idea
and get your van back on the road.

Hector
1990 Carat "Claudia"

ps my van was also out for two weeks, couldn't wait to drive it...