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• Re: ARGH!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Mar 1999 11:19:41 EST
  ...That is why it is a good idea to replace all of your coolant hoses at one time (since if one goes bad then...
• Which coolant hoses to replace on an 85 1.9 L motor?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:33:46 -0800
  All this talk about hoses is getting me worried.� YES, when I take my car to the mechanic for something and if he recommends...
• Re: Removing the rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 16:58:50 PDT
  Ron, It's not a good idea to just connect the two hoses as this will bypass the radiator and route hot coolant back...
• Re: R12 or R134?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:00:50 -0600
  ...Of course, the A/C > was retrofitted from a '90 van, and I use an '87 compressor and some > hoses, and > some hoses are...
• Re: I have questions about converting the AC system to 134a
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:01:57 -0400
  On Mon, 26 Apr 2004, Mike Collum wrote: > I've also read that the hoses should be changed to the "Barrier" type > because the...
• Re: new years resolution - continue to own a non-burnt van
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:22:24 -0500
  ...arrow (ply style): >> http://www.benplace.com/fi_hoses/100_0028.jpg >> >> Good FI hoses is about 4 to 5$ a feet, brand name...
• Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 May 2011 15:11:44 -0700
  ...where the two ATF cooler hoses connect ( and the main coolant hoses ) - that's sort of a rare part. And they break easily ...that...
• Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:21:30 -0700
  ...Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace >>https://www.prospectfastener.com/Clamps/hose-clamps/constant-tension-band-clamp >>Here in the states this is...
• Re: Anyone know of a shop or parts place that stocks vanagon hoses in Vancouver (or close to Gibsons would be even better) BC?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 24 May 2011 06:22:34 -0400
  ...Anyone know of a shop or parts place that stocks vanagon hoses in > Vancouver (or close to Gibsons would be even better) BC? Cheers...
• Re: New Coolant Hose Charts and Pricing
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 22:33:14 -0500
  ...Ron Semko Orlando, Florida KENWILFY@aol.com wrote: > My ultimate goal is to keep all of the hoses for the Vanagon in stock so...
• quick cooling system question
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 21:28:38 -0400
  ...I expected them to be firm, like most all cooling system hoses feel. I suppose this means they should be replaced as well? I...
• Reducing exhaust heat extends the life of water hoses.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:58:30 EDT
  Extend the life of your water hoses by wrapping the exhaust pipes with a heat retaining barrier. To reduce engine compartment temps, you can...
• Re: fuel leak
  Historical mailing list - Ed Sato
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:44:26 -1000
  ...does anyone know if i should > just replace > the two hoses on each or if i need to replace the plastic > containers. it > looks...
• Re: The Better Waterboxer Motor....the simpler 1.9L or the 2.1L with all ofthose additional hoses....reliability?...power?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 08:43:21 -0500
  ...with 82 bhp , while less powerful than the >2.1L w/ 95 bhp.....is alot less complicated with coolant hoses, failure >prone waterpumps and...
• can coolant bleeder from 84 retrofit into 83.5?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 22:46:21 EDT
  ...Instead the large diameter coolant hoses have smaller, say 3/8 or so, hoses that are molded into the larger diameter hoses. Those 3...
• Re: Heater Hoses
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 7 Mar 2009 11:50:32 -0800
  ...YMMV. :) Since you're experiencing small leaks now, if long heater hoses are original, likely they should be replaced. And this might be a...
• Devising a replacement for the double t piece (cooling system)?
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:57:31 -0700
  ...It connects to the upper and lower hoses (very short) coming out of the coolant resevoir, and allows the coolant to mix or overflow...
• Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:38:41 -0500
  ...I'd keep spare belts, > coolant hoses, ignition parts, a coil, etc, etc until I realized one day > that I was planning to fail...
• Re: Overheated Westy '87
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:40:56 -0800
  ...chris Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: > Sounds like you're doing the right thing/s anyway. > I'd just check for obvious weak hoses and...
• Re: Fuel Lines...my turn! And a replacement question.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 25 May 2005 19:33:45 -0700
  ...Fuel Lines...my turn! And a replacement question. >I noticed that some vanagon origional equipment hoses were made in > France.Who knows rubber better...
• Re: Source for hoses
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:56:57 -0500
  ...YMMV. -J On Mar 19, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Bryan Feddish wrote: > Is there a good inline source for all the water hoses...
• Re: Front Heater Valve Replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:34:52 EST
  How about using two small wood clamps with a couple of pieces of wood each to clamp the hoses coming into and going out...
• Re: Hoses on fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - The CiKaspers
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 12:35:26 -0700
  ...Time, >onanov@MINDSPRING.COM writes: > ><< I just chewed these old rubber hoses off with pliers, it worked quite > nicely. >> > > >I had to do a...
• Re: coolant hoses (Cost, it the only issue)
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 23:08:22 -0500
  ...coolant hoses (Cost, it the only issue) > > Sorry, I don't usually flame on listservs -
• Re: Power Steering hose lenght
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:35:30 -0600
  ...I found a place to make high pressure hydraulic hoses > with > metric connectors to connect to the steering rack and the pump. How > many...
• White smoke?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:35:35 -0400
  ...I made it home mostly coasting (under a mile) and checked it out, the vacuum hoses were all shot (cracked, falling off, etc), I...
• Re: found some freon 12 should I recharge old AC
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:22:43 -0700
  ...I have not investigated how much new hoses would cost. Ball park? Also, maybe new evaporator? Hoses plus evaporator, that's going to bee...
• Re: Radiator hoses in air cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 14:41:16 -0500
  ...Radiator hoses in air cooled? In my (recently purchased) 81 Westy I found a radiator (heat exchanger) behind the front grill. I traced the...
• Re: Great Engine test stand event, part 2
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 19:14:24 EST
  ...For hoses, I intend to use vacuum hose from my local Surplus Store. Alternatively, there are inexpensive heat exchangers (water to water) for the...
• westy propane pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:30:43 -0700
  ...I am thinking to cut out the bad ends and splicing in hoses. If > I > slide the hoses over the cut pipe now with...
• Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:03:27 -0800
  ...I also much say the hoses used on vanagons are just excellent. I know of MANY original main coolant pipe hoses, for example, that...
• Cooling/fuel/exhaust System Overhaul
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Thu, 8 Jan 2015 09:11:53 -0600
  ...My high level workflow plan is: -drop gas tank -install new SS coolant pipes -install new cooling hoses, tstat housing, and SS distribution tower...
• Re: R rear heater blowout - stranded
  Historical mailing list - Don
  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:45:19 -0600
  ...By blocking the two hoses all coolant now goes to the radiator before returning to the engine. With the heater core in the circuit...
• Re: Fuel Line replacement - Fuel pressure test?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:50:41 -0700
  ...then you can check hoses fuel pump running, engine off. Scott On 9/27/2013 10:45 PM, Steve Williams wrote: > Hi, > > I've...
• Re: air in the system
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 12:12:00 -0700
  ...The only certain way to know this is accomplished is if the hoses up front get hot which is more important than the speed...
• Re: fuel line replacement
  Historical mailing list - benoit
  Sun, 9 Apr 2006 21:04:58 -0400
  ...that " Cuff" is to compress the original hoses on the injectors side, that is why there is no clamp, once removed (you need to...
• Re: Syncro Westfalia Wolfsburg Weekender for sale - central Oregon
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 16 Jun 2018 19:24:52 -0700
  ...No, those are the original AC hoses. > > > On 6/16/2018 2:32 PM, Neil N wrote: > > Hi Karl. >> >> Minor detail, and more a...
• Re: A sad day in my life :-(
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 07:41:30 -0800 (PST)
  ...And if the owner wanted to use synthetic hoses, then they easily could have replaced them. Steven sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com
• proper way to change hose ?
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Sun, 16 Jul 2000 15:36:44 -0700
  what is the proper way to change the hose? My 2 hoses coming off the water distributor is dry rotted I noticed this 2...
• Re: Rear heater core
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 06:56:21 -0400
  At 11:02 PM 4/19/2002, Debra Clark wrote: >want to take the hoses out back to the T because I might want...
• Re: Sealant necessary for coolant hoses?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:13:23 -0800
  ...Sealant necessary for coolant hoses? > You're just not picking up the right kind of girls Scott. > > alistair > > > On 24-Feb-11, at 1...
• 80 degree thermostat
  Historical mailing list - raul lince
  Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:37:58 +0000
  Dumb idea, or saves the summer overheats, or wears out the hoses? Raul
• '85 with geysering coolant
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:51:39 -0700
  ...It shows the expansion tank, but the hoses are different - - instead of two T-hoses with a short piece of pipe (?) between the two...
• Re: Overheated Westy '87
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:35:12 -0800
  ...Well, spend 800 on hoses, but that in no way insures that you've replaced all the parts that are likely to be an...
• Use 1.25" Semi Truck (Heater?) Hose for Main Coolant Hose?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 11 May 2017 08:01:12 -0700
  ...I intend to replace 2 coolant flex hoses on my Vanagon with 1.25" hose from my local semi truck repair shop. It's...
• Re: Sprung a leak!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 12:00:15 -0700
  if you join the two hoses you create a short circuit ..reducing flow to front heater core. I have not seen that blocking the...
• Re: Coolant Hose Failure Survey
  Historical mailing list - Phillip Bouton
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:50:14 -0400
  ...The following hoses burst over a period of about 6 weeks. The short hose in the vacinity of the dipstick. The two hoses near...
• Progress report: Billy Bones
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:52:28 -0600
  ...What a job! Getting the new hoses through the region over the gas tank turned out to be a be'ach! We attached duct...
• Heater Hose lengths
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 17 Apr 2017 10:27:45 -0400
  Hello Folks, Can someone please tell me the correct amount of hose to get for replacing the heater hoses that run along with the...
• RE: Berg short-shift for Vgon
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 28 Nov 1994 09:56:37 EST
  ...Answer is yes, I think, with some homebrewing of brackets and lengthening of hoses. Porsche engine mounts the compressor on the right rather than...
• locking engine hatch
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jul 1995 03:30:03 -0400
  ...some poor soul with another bus had taken my fresh air hoses. Though they are not overly expensive, I thought it was a big...
• Re: gas leak
  Historical mailing list - Garrick Chang
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 15:54:05 -0800
  ...hoses, *if* i were fairly confident that that was the problem, i'd > try to find some hoses at a reasonable price [but still...
• Re: AC Receiver Drier 253260633"D" vs 253260633"E"
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:35:56 -0500
  ...It will combine with r12 to make phosgene gas. > > When charging a system, or just topping off with a refrigerant, purge your >hoses first...
• Re: Need help with hose from therm to radiator
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 12:36:02 -0400
  ...by using TWO size hoses, they must have saved 2 cents per bus!! I want to replace both hoses at the same time as...
• Re: Leaking Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 19:49:47 -0800
  ...rear heater core. > > I would like to remove the core and just connect the hoses together. > > What if the ID of the hoses that...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 21:39:16 -0500
  ...And heck, we're only talking about > maybe 20 feet of fluid in the rad send and return hoses being the > differments between the...
• Re: Replacing water hoses
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Oct 1996 20:33:23 -0700
  > << > Also, someone mentioned a blown head gasket would cause water hoses to > break due to increased pressure. Why? I've notice no decrease in...
• Re: Front heater core easy way to replace
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 21:48:07 EST
  <<Remove glove box disconnect hoses behind radiator so coolant doesn't go inside van when disconnecting the core. Disconnect hoses to core cut side...
• Re: Fwd: Re: 86 GL - Gas Tank Problem
  Historical mailing list - Tim Wise
  Tue, 22 Oct 1996 10:24:15 -0500
  ...Hanlon wrote: >Ditto on the grommets, HOWEVER, there is that plastic pipe with two >fittings on each end which attaches to the hoses connected...
• Re: [F] 12 Days of Vanagon Christmas
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:21:03 -0600
  ...On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me > six coolant hoses > FIVE DAYS TO FIX IT! > 4 four-tip spark...