On the pipes, you can also hit up Mike at Rocky Mountain Westy, he's helped a few customers with a Bostig specific cut: Details at Bostig Knowledgebase: https://bostig.zendesk.com/entries/22443116-Using-GoWesty-Stainless-Pipes-with-a-Bostig Jim Akiba
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Andrew Philbrick <philbrickvw@gmail.com> wrote: > I went for the 2 piece kit ( > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=158498 to be > specific). I think the main difference between one piece vs split pipes > would be in dropping the gas tank (regardless of which engine you are > running. I would imagine that it would be the same difficulty to connect a > single piece to the engine side as the split piece. Your big hold up is do > you want to drop the gas tank or not? > > The stainless steel should fit either way assuming your bostig hooks up to > the stock coolant pipe location. The stainless steel pipes are basically > copies of the stock plastic pipes (same bends and sizes). Plus the split > ones should save you some shipping (split pipes fit in a smaller box) > > Andrew > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Marco <nwmarco@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have a 1986 Westy Weekender that I am putting a Bostig conversion into - >> still waiting on some of the parts... >> >> While I have everything out, I pulled the plastic cooling pipes and >> replaced them (and the heater lines, and the radiator). >> >> I bought a set of the stainless steel pipes from the Bus Depot. I haven't >> hooked them up at the engine compartment end yet, but they appear to fit OK >> over the fuel tank and at the radiator. >> >> The break in the lines is aft of the fuel tank so you don't have to drop >> it to install the pipes. >> >> Cutting the plastic pipes in the middle makes them easy to remove. >> >> >> Just be careful to label which pipe is which and match the plastic ones >> w/the metal ones you are replacing so the bends will line up. >> >> Cheers, >> Marco in Seattle >> |
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