I welded together fitting for my engine swap. This was a lot cheaper than buying hoses that you describe. Some time after I found a fitting that would have helped. IT was used to couple hoses, made out of thin wall steel, but the wrong size. I found this in a scrap yard. Since then I have looked for the manufacture, but have not found the source. I'm sure these couplings would be one of the best things to carry for emeregany repairs. Anyone have any ideas? ERic Felder wrote: > I recently blew a water hose on my 83 diesel... of course it was the > complicated one going 4 different places. Not only is it $$$$$, but if > it comes in before this weekend, it will have been 2 weeks since my > shop ordered it from VW. > > Anybody else have a similar experience? Back in the day of fooling with > British cars, we used to have a shop braze up special fittings for the > tees and branches so we could use plain hoses to replace hard-to-get > OEM hoses. Anybody have any recommendations or warnings on this? > > Jim > 83 diesel > 90 Carat > > |
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