Date:         Tue, 9 Jun 1998 08:39:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: heater hoses?
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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You can still get OE heater hoses for the '84 at the dealer- for a
price. The stuff from the engine to the T-piece is pre-formed, and in
metric (I forgot the specs; I just bought the hoses and replaced the
old ones with them.

When you replace, BE SURE that you have the larger, replacement
T-piece that Bentley's recommends. You will know it if the hose takes
a lot of effort to slip on. (The old ones had a poor fit.)

Sam




---Bill Hays <bhays@PLAINS.NET> wrote:
>
> Bill, I just priced one at a VW dealer in Ft. Collins, CO and the
hose is
> now sold as one long hose which you have to cut, to fit in the T,
then use
> the rest from the T to the front core. I just priced the hose from
the right
> head to the core and it was $65. It was for an 84 Vanagon.
>
> Willy
>
>
> >Fellow VW's,
> >        I have an 84 Westy and I need to replace the hoses from the
engine
> to both
> >heater cores. Is the two long hoses going from the t's in the rear
to the
> >front a VW dealer item? I tried 5/8" to small and 3 /4" to big?Is
it a
> metric
> >size in the middle?Also the t's to the rear core,any source for them
> besides
> >dealer?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Bill M
> >Mystic,CT
> >84 Westy
> >
>

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