Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:19:18 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject: Re: 2.1 hose price deal
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Joseph Fortino wrote:
These old girls just love being on the road. I drove my 88 GL down the
Alaska Highway a few years ago from Anchorage to Birmingham Alabama.
4500 miles in 7 days with just me driving. I was on the road at 6 am and
quit at 8 pm. For 14 hours a day she just hummed right along. I never
dawdled much. A few stops, like gas and fast food, and then on the road
again. In Wyoming I cracked an exhaust pipe and things got a little
noisier. Thank my stars the engine was in the back and not up front. it
would have been noisy. The only trip stopping mechanical on the entire
trip was 60 miles out of Birmingham the water pump failed. I had to have
her trailers in to a garage for a new pump. Fixed the exhaust pipe then
also. Never gave problems again until just before I sold it at 205,000
miles, the sliders went out and I had the tranny overhauled. Didn't
really plan to sell it, but found an 88 GL by accident that I really
liked so I got a new vehicel and sold the 85 GL.
They do like the road.
Regards,
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
>seems my van likes doing miles on the road, in town driving beats it
>just did like 2000ish and it seems to still love me ;)
>
>Joe
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
>Sent: Apr 20, 2004 9:16 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: 2.1 hose price deal
>
>Eric,
> It is not just the cost but the extra work that
>you put yourself through. I found my self pulling
>off a new hose to flush my radiator. The old
>one(which was still good) came off a lot easier than
>the new one I put on a year ago . If I wanted to
>replace it, now when I am flushing the radiator is the
>time to do it, not when I could have been camping
>earlier and I was replacing hoses instead of camping.
> HANG ON TO YOUR OLD HOSES AND GO CAMPIN INSTEAD.
> GARY
>--- vw4x4@fyi.net wrote:
>
>
>>I agree with this 100%. Let me add this. $500 for
>>hoses will tow your
>>vanagon a long distance home. IMHO spending this
>>money is just
>>like insurance... plane stupid
>> Eric
>>
>>gary hradek wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I often wonder if the replace all hoses is really
>>>
>>>
>>such
>>
>>
>>>a deal. First it is a lot of work and there is
>>>
>>>
>>the
>>
>>
>>>cost all at once. The fact is that there can be
>>>hoses on your vanagon that are 15 years old that
>>>
>>>
>>are
>>
>>
>>>still in good shape.
>>> I guess the point I am making is that there are
>>>really only a few hoses that go out on a regular
>>>basis.
>>>There are fewer still that will strand you and it
>>>
>>>
>>is
>>
>>
>>>wise to carry the old one as a spare.
>>> The best approach in my opinion is know the
>>>condition of all your hoses. Replace the hoses
>>>
>>>
>>that
>>
>>
>>>are critical on a regular basis. These are the
>>>
>>>
>>ones
>>
>>
>>>that get very hot near the engine. Always
>>>
>>>
>>consider
>>
>>
>>>replacing hoses when you are working on something
>>>
>>>
>>else
>>
>>
>>>and you can see it would be very easy to replace
>>>
>>>
>>that
>>
>>
>>>5 year hose, something else being the water pump or
>>>
>>>
>>a
>>
>>
>>>head or an oil cooler or any thing else.
>>> I have replaced more hoses than I needed to on
>>>
>>>
>>my
>>
>>
>>>87. For example the two big hoses up front did
>>>
>>>
>>not
>>
>>
>>>need to be replaced. Heater hoses may easily be
>>>
>>>
>>by
>>
>>
>>>passed in a pinch.
>>> so don't get hosed by a hose deal. Buy what
>>>
>>>
>>you
>>
>>
>>>need when you need and you will make less work for
>>>yourself. gary
>>>
>>>
>>>Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:03:56 -0400
>>>From: Vanagon Man <vgonman@MSN.COM>
>>>Subject: 2.1 hose price deal
>>>
>>>before anyone sets down the satchel to buy a hose
>>>
>>>
>>kit,
>>
>>
>>>if you have a
>>>good
>>>dealer, call him and ask him to be competitive. I
>>>have developed a
>>>relationship with my parts dealer at VW, and he is
>>>selling me all the
>>>hoses
>>>and the AT cooler hose for $521. and no shipping
>>>cost, he will have it
>>>in 2
>>>days. If you are ready to buy, pmail me and I will
>>>give you his number,
>>>he
>>>will do mail order, but you will have to pay
>>>
>>>
>>freight.
>>
>>
>>>Not too bad in my opinion.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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