Date:         Sat, 14 Jun 1997 11:34:38 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         SStones <sstones@idirect.com>
Subject:      Re: hoses for pipes

At 20:12 6/12/97 -0500, you wrote:

>I don't know what kind of plastic hoses you had in mind but be careful
>if you are leaning toward PVC of similar pipe.  Pressure rating goes WAY
>down as temperature increases.

fwiw...
When the belly pipes on my '85 rusted through, I was on my way to NY the
next day to pick up a friend and didn't have time to figure out a cost
effective way to deal with it so I let the local dealership make my visa
bill big.
They replaced the steel pipes with what I assume is a polypropylene tube
(plastic tubing).  Apparently the '87s and newer never had steel pipes but
started out with the polypropylene.  I worried about the tubing getting torn
on rocks and parking lot blocks and the other things that pass under the
belly, but it's now a couple years later and they're still holding strong.
They aren't rusting at all.  ;P


Cheers,
SStones.