yes, thanks, this makes a lot of sense. I think i will go with a straight piece of pipe or a junction if I can find them. The tees can be put back in place if and when i need the rear heater. -john Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: > The more reliable way to bypass a rear heater would be to remove the plastic > T's.........and replace them with straight hose junctions or even straight > pieces of metal pipe. > The plastic T's deteriorate and get brittle and can just break. > If you jammed a small marble into a hose I don't see how you'd get it out. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > John Goubeaux > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 5:23 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Heater hoses > > Aren't rear heater core feed lines 1/2 inch? The tees off of the 5/8 > line that goes fwd and comes back show a step down when going to the > rear heater. > > When replacing these lines does one want to use 1/2 inch ? I am about > to replace my heater lines and the plastic tees back aft that fork off > to the rear heater, and I have yet to find any 1/2 heater hose. The 5/8 > seems readily available though. > > I also read a thread regarding disabling the rear heater core, something > that might be useful for those of us in warm climes, where someone > inserted a marble in the lines that go to the rear heater core right at > the tee. This seemed like an interesting way to do it, and as noted > this allowed for easy reversal by un-doing the line and removing the > marble, if and when you need the rear heater. > > -john > > John Bange wrote: > >> On Feb 9, 2008 8:03 AM, Jeff Clayman <jclayman@massmed.org> wrote: >> >> >> >>> What have people done for heater hose replacement in 87 vanagon. Use >>> FLAPS standard heater hose or custom ones from bus depot? >>> >>> >> Bought a 50 foot box of 5/8" insulated heater hose off eBay for $20. >> > Other > >> than a little difficulty getting the spring clamps over the slightly >> > larger > >> than stock outside diameter, it works great. The rear heater uses a weird >> tapered hose which connects to a 5/8x5/8x(something smaller) tee,so that >> > has > >> to be dealt with via Real Parts. >> >> >> -- >> John Bange >> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" >> >> |
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