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Subject:Re: Coolant hose substitutes
From:Malcolm Stebbins
Date:Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:50:29 -0300

There use to be a site that had these conversions, but now it is
behind a LOGIN and PW page.  WHO put this page up and can we
please have it outside a password protected site???  I'd be glad to
put it up if someone can send it to me.

VW to Napa Hose Conversion for '86-91 Vanagons

http://scribers.midwest.net/midwesty/vw/Vanagon/VWtoNapaHoses/

On 9 Apr 2002 at 7:41, Bob Whitby wrote:

> Greetings all:
> I am in the process of getting my newly acquired 87 Westy ready for a
> long trip, and have decided to take the plunge on replacing hoses
> (thanks to listees who responded to that question). My next question
> is: I read a post in the archives about a guy who took off his hoses
> then walked the aisles at his FLAPS (because there was no application
> listed in the catalog for Vanagons) and came away with some find
> substitutes for the original, and ridiculously expensive, coolant
> hoses. I believe that gentlemen was driving a Syncro. This post was
> dated, if I rememer correctly, 1996. Anyone try this recently? Anyone
> have words of encouragement/discouragement to offer? Thanks Bob W