That's exactly what I did (pursuant to the suggestion of another fellow on
the list).  It worked great and seems to be holding well.  I used two
different sized hoses (don't remember the IDs now) and a short piece of
rigid copper tubing and hose clampt at the the place where they were joined.

Dave in KC
85 Westy

----- Original Message -----
From: "T." <midgard@DRAGON.ORG>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 7:33 PM
Subject: Hoses hosed by VW?

. I am left having to create a hose that
> steps down from one size to another size. So, where does a fellow turn
> to replace a hose these days? > Timothy in Phoenix...