I would add that that particular hose is 'the one' most likely to fail on a 1.9, in my experience. Any hoses that have hotter coolant flowing in them tend to go first, like this one. s
On 9/5/2013 8:43 AM, Old Volks Home wrote: > Find a FLAPS that carries Gates Hoses. Part Number 28472 (5/8"x52"). I > bought a couple of these as spares over 10 years ago, have used one of them > on a friend's 85 and I keep the other spare under the bed seatbox in my > Westy. It has the molded end for proper routing to the cylinder head port. > Might have to special order it. Gates on their site still shows it still > available. > > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" > 75 914 1.8 "Nancy" > Full Timing From March 1999 To January 2012 > oldvolkshome@gmail.com > http://www.oldvolkshome.com > Find me on Facebook: > http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Thompson/100000710343835 > *********************************** > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Dominic Provini Jr. <dprovinijr@ha-pa.com>wrote: > >> Good Morning, >> >> I am having some trouble locating a coolant hose # 251-265-056B.(85 >> 1.9L) All vendors are either sold out or N/A. I can't even locate a >> used one. It runs from Cylinder #1 to the rear heater T. Has anyone >> come across this hose anywhere? >> >> Thanks >> >> Dom >> >> 85 Westy >> >> >> >> >> |
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