Mark Mages <wasserbox@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> After dropping my gas tank on Friday, I noticed
> something that I think is strange.  The whole mess of
> coolant hoses from the engine compartment to the
> radiator is held on by zip-ties. 

Just did the gas tank thing.  Same thing-- black zip ties everywhere.  I
bought a mess of them, and now there's new black zip ties everywhere.  Even a
few holding up the red hoses that reside where my coolant pipes used to live.

The coolant pipe job was pretty straight forward.  Dropped the tank and cut
out the rusty pipes with a hacksaw.  You'll have to make several cuts due to
the brackets.  I used 1" hose red heater hose in place of the pipes.  The hose
is the same size as the factory pipe.  If I had it over again I would have
searched harder for 1 1/4 hose and eliminated the two factory hoses up front
and maybe even some of the hoses in the engine compartment. It also would have
cut down the cost of hardware (adapters and such).  I couldn't find the 1 1/4
hose locally.  As it turns out, the job took a while and I surely had time to
wait on Boston Bob to ship me a box of the stuff.  

Pmail me with specific questions.   

God bless,

der Kapit�n
IXOYE
Westy Virginian Ambassador to Vanagon.com

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