Date:         Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:34:24 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: Don't Leave Home Without Them: Hoses/Clamps
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If you're using good quality hoses and ALL of them were replaced two years
ago, you should be in real good shape.  In my experience, the hoses are good
for at elast ten years; most of mine have lasted 20 or so.

Karl Wolz



|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
|On Behalf Of Dave Mcneely
|Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 9:10 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: Don't Leave Home Without Them: Hoses/Clamps
|
|---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
|> Hmmm. Wouldn't it be better to replace them in the driveway and not
|> have to think about it at all?
|
|How often?
|
|All my hoses are two years (8K miles) old this summer.  On
|normal cars, I can check the hoses regularly -- one from the
|pump to the radiator, one from the radiator to the block,
|couple of heater hoses.  On the beast, well , lots of hoses.
|I check them, but doing so requires crawling under the beast
|and searching out all the hoses and their fittings.  And then
|there are the no longer available hoses, for which we have to
|do "fitums."  Should we at least carry some "fitums"?  Or
|should we replace those at home more frequently than those we
|might reasonably expect to be able to find?
|
|thanks, mcneely
|
|
|I carry "Rescue Tape."  Might be of some help.
|>
|> Jim
|>
|> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
|> camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
|>
|> > For a 1.9L auto trans Vanagon, what might be a good assortment of
|> > hose clamps and spare hoses or hose bits to bring along on a
|> > 1,000-mile drive in hot conditions?
|> >
|> > --
|> > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
|> > Bend, Ore.
|> > 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
|> > 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a
|defunct company
|> > in San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
|> >
|> > Sent from my kitchen.
|> >
|
|--
|David McNeely
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