While on a trip from Maine to Virginia (was on I-90 in Massachusetts about
400 miles from home) in my '84 GL, I blew the short coupling (hose) that
goes on a pipe from the right side to the left side under the pulleys.  It
was winter and I had my wife, daughter, and grandson with me, so getting off
the freeway sooner than later was a priority.

The short hose section was so bad that it tore like wet cardboard.  It made
it easy to remove, though.  Having no hose with me, I looked for an
alternative and found a piece of of hard plastic drain pipe left over from
installing a new sink drain in the house.  The diameter was close enough so
I cut a piece ... slid it over the pipe ... reinstalled and put hose clamps
right over the ridges in the van's coolant pipe sections.  I got water from
a river that was about 1/4 mile from the highway, fired it up and, much to
my surprise, didn't see a leak at my cludge.

Anyway, I was then able to drive to the next exit where I drained the
system, put in proper coolant and was back on my way.  I drove it on to
Virginia (about 800 miles to our destination) with the hard plastic coupler
in place before changing it to a rubber one.

Mike
'84 GL 7 pass
'85 GL Westy