Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1998 13:01:42 -0400
Reply-To:     DSTEVENS <DSTEVENS@LAUBACH.ORG>
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From:         DSTEVENS <DSTEVENS@LAUBACH.ORG>
Subject:      VW COOLANT HOSES --LONG 8<{
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          "vanagon.com" <vanagon@vanagon.com>
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sorry for the caps i forgot
JUST A SMALL NOTE TO DROP BUT I WAS WONDERING IF ANY OTHERS WERE HAVING
THIS PROB ALSO??
 IN REBUILDING MY QTD I'VE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE ENGINE SYS.CFG BUT I
FEEL VERY CONFIDANT IN DOING THIS I'VE OWNED/MAINTAINED VWS FOR MANY
MORE YEARS  THAN I WOULD LIKE TO ADMIT. EVEN TO THE POINT THAT MANY A
FLAPS IRRITATE ME BY NOT ONLY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE (PAST GREEN CRT GLOW)
BUT THE TOTAL IGNORANCE THAT I WOULD EXPECT IF I WAS ASKING mc doulges
OR such for the parts from next to the fryer!!!
 But back to the ????'s for Diesel the water hose from middle-port @
waterpump to cyl.head outlet is no longer avail (error kernel fault)
from dealer or FLAPS ( pep-boize) or local foreign-auto specialty shop.
this is the same hose in ALL Diesel ( maybe 2 variety for hose end size)
 Then there is the water return hose from the metal tube @ back of
engine. returns from the heater core to the cycle side of waterpump @
bottom . What I needed is the one for in-line gas&diesel w/o oil cooler
(again only 2? variety of hose end sizes?).  Nada no-dice sorry never
even listed it and bulk hose can't make the bends.!!
 To get back on the road I was forced to go to my local pickel-pull and
recycle some 2nd hand candidates. all is well now but I would still like
to have acess to new ones @ some time in the future.
 Any suggestions would be gratefull.

PS. there are several issues that I would like to discuss with a VW
DESIGN ENGINEER.(read : kick'em in the $#@$%^ )

sorry for the long wind but many of us self-mechanics can probably
relate.

DAN STEVENS
SYR NY
82 TD self-camperized(considering stretch)
76 BAJA 2.0fi
85 QTD
73 THING 2.0orTD??
Daniel Stevens
Operations Specialist