Date:         Sun, 8 Jun 2014 12:05:05 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      OEM Westy hose with blue stripe?
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I'm talking about the one that runs from a spigot to the city water inlet.  Is there one that came with the van or did the PO just have some random garden center hose stored under the back seat?  Anyway, at one point that one migrated out of the camper and into the garage (not my fault--talk to the gardener).  Not wanting to let the Westy stuff get lost or separated I decided to put it back where it belongs but discovered we have two white-with-blue-stripe garden hoses, so which is the Westy one?  One is opaque white with three longitudinal blue stripes, evenly spaced around the hose from another, and the other is translucent with a single blue stripe and the crisscross reinforcing weave visible.  Have not found a precise description online at vendors' sites or in forums.

Not a life and death situation, I know, but sure as I get it wrong and it comes time to sell the prospective buyer will be going down his/her checklist and insist I knock five grand off the asking price because the hose is not original.


Trying hard not to disappoint the next generation of Westy owners,
Stephen