In days of olde when knights were bold and I owned an
'84 GL, I had the very same hose blow out on me...
funny story, in fact. However, I looked everywhere,
and wound up paying $39 at the dealer for a new one,
which took a month to get there as they had to ship it
all the way von Deutschland.

This was five years ago, mind you, so it may be a
different situation now. However, I just wanted to
prepare you in case it isn't.

BTW, check to see if you have the newer T-piece. If
the hose is a major pain in the ass to slide off,
you're in good shape.

Sam

--- Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM> wrote:
> I need to replace the hose that runs from the front
> of my passenger side
> head to a "t" fitting, one side of which leads to
> the rear heater core under
> the back seat on my 85 Westy multivan.
>
> Our on line vendors, when listing cooling system
> components, speak of VIN or
> chassis numbers as follows:
>
> 83-85 Vanagon (VIN 25-D-87511 thru VIN 25-F-060000
>
> 85 Vanagon (VIN 25-F-060001)
>
> My VIN is WV2XB0256FH077873.  How the heck does this
> relate to the above
> numbers?
>
> TIA.
>
> Dave in KC
> 85 Westy

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