Date:         Sun, 6 Jan 2002 12:20:38 -0500
Reply-To:     "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Subject:      Re: Clutch slave Hydraulic hose (part number 251 721 479 C or 251
              721 477 J)
Comments: To: Wade Shen <swade@UMIACS.UMD.EDU>
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Hi Wade,

If you are talking about the sorta "S" shaped metal hose that goes into the
slave cylinder, I think you are looking at a dealer-only item. Mine was
rusted solid, and the dealer wanted over $60 for one!! Even worse, they
expected it to takee a few weeks to get a replacement, since none of the
regional warehouses had it!

I couldn't even get the other end of my metal hose out of the rubber flex
hose that is attached to the tranny. I bought the rubber hose from Ken Wilfy
at http://www.vanagain.com for about $25 or so.  Haven't installed it yet,
though. Right now, I am running a steel line all the way back the slave
cylinder.  I went to the local NAPA store and bought a 6' section of 1/4"
metal line. I used a compression fitting to join it to the factory steel
line about a foot in front of the tranny. I also had to buy a metric to SAE
thread adapter on the end that screwed into the slave cylinder. I keep
watching for a parted-out vanagon to get the "right" parts.

I know running steel all the way isn't a great idea, but I needed my Van
back on the road the same day.

TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wade Shen [SMTP:swade@UMIACS.UMD.EDU]
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 11:13 AM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Clutch slave Hydraulic hose (part number 251 721 479 C or
> 251 721 477 J)
>
> I was in the process or replacing my clutch slave cylinder when I
> realized that the hydraulic hose connection was frozen with rust.  If I
> can't break it free, I may need to get a new hose but it seems that Bus
> depot doesn't have the part in its database.
>
> Does anybody know if this part is available outside of the dealer?  Or
> what the difference is between the two part numbers?
>
> I can't seem to find it by part number on the bus depot website.
>
> Thanks,
> Wade