Date:         Wed, 24 Jul 2019 18:56:55 -0700
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From:         vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Installing rear poly suspension bushings
Comments: To: "Jim. Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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You can buy the funneled pipe piece easily enough for small money.

https://www.amazon.com/Merrill-MFG-SMA200-Steel-Adapter/dp/B000DZBKRE/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=SMA200&qid=1564019556&s=gateway&sr=8-2

Mark



Jim. Felder wrote:
>The shop called today at lunch to tell me
> they had given up on installing my bushings. When I went by to pick up my
> parts, they showed me a $40 GoWesty tool made for the job. One of the
> mechanics who once was in the commercial landscaping business recognized
> the tool, which is essentially a steel pipe that has been drawn into a
> slight funnel shape to connect two different hose sizes, as a landscaping
> product. Whatever the part was actually for, nobody in the shop thought it
> could be purchased locally. With GoWesty I figured it would cost another
> $20 to ship andI wanted to be done this weekend anyway.
>
>