I had some vinyl hose the right i.d., stretched an old porch spring a bit, cut both
to the needed length, and put the spring inside the hose.  Clamped this hose to the
manifold fitting and the hard hose that comes through the firewall, and it works well.

Dana

>> By the way, for those of you who have done such conversions before,
>> what did
>> you use for the brake booster vacuum line? I attached some hose
>> between the
>> rear nipple on the manifold and the brake booster line, but it's too
>> flexible.Obviously a trip to Home Depot is in order... Thanks for all the
>> help so far.
>>
>>
>
> If it's the same or similar setup to the original 1.6L diesel vanagon
> brake line, I used some small tubing made of cooling systems. My FLAPS
> stocked it for by-the-foot sale. It just so happened to have had the
> right diameter.
>
> Brad