Date:         Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:47:28 -0500
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: discontinued cooling hoses
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> i remember seeing posts in the past about various
> discontinued cooling system hoses.  the vanagon diesel hoses
> stick in my mind but i am not sure which hoses are no longer
> available.  also i would be interested to know if anyone
> knows of any other vanagon or volkswagen hoses that are no
> longer available.


The list is too long!  There must be thirty or more Vanagon hoses that
are discontinued, and that list continues to grow. Many but not all are
diesel hoses. In many cases, I stocked up in Germany when they first got
discontinued, so I still have them even though they were discontinued as
long as 1 to 2 years ago. But once they're gone, that's it, because I
probably have the last significant inventory in the U.S (having bought
out dealer stock in Germany).

Unfortunately I don't have a list of which hoses are discontinued.
However you could identify them because they would be pictured on my
coolant hose diagrams (linked at the top of
http://busdepot.com/busdepot/details/cooling.jsp ) but not be listed
with a part number and price below the diagram..

If you are planning on replacing your hoses anytime soon, it's best not
to wait. Whether you just buy the hose you need most, or one of my
complete hose kits, the longer you wait the more hoses are likely to be
discontinued (or super-expensive). This is just beginning to be a
problem with later 2.1L vans but it has been going on for a while with
diesels and the situation seems to be spreading. By now half of the
diesel hoses are no longer available!  I fear that wasserboxer hoses
will not be far behind.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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