I used some hose that's called gorrilla hose 1.00 ID to repair the rusted pipes.
I made some 1.250 to 1.00 inch adapters to make it work. I think you can only get
the plastic hoses now and you have to do some mods to make them work to \> THe
Bus Depot has them for $125.00 each I believe.

George Goff wrote:

> It turns out my nephew is dumber than he looks.  After witnessing the agony
> Vanagons have caused me, he was still stupid enough to buy a whipped out
> Sunroof '84 because he thought it was "sweet".  Well, the only thing sweet
> about it right now is the coolant gushing out of the metal radiator lines
> where they kick up in the rear.
>
> When he called VW to get replacements, my nephew was given a strong dose of
> bitter reality: he found that the replacements cost almost as much as he paid
> for his "sweet" beater.  Figuring that someday he may have to change my
> Depends, I carted him around today trying to find some of that highly touted
> marine wet exhaust hose to do a repair.  We couldn't find any even close to
> the right size and after seeing how stiff the stuff is, I really didn't want
> to try to wrestle it into place under a dripping van anyway.
>
> Who is offering the stainless steel repair kits for these rotted coolant
> lines?  Someone please let me know as soon as possible.  It is getting cold
> out there, my nephew is NOT pulling that thing into my garage and I DON'T
> want to lie under it for indeterminate amount of time!
>
> George