This may or may not be a good deal.

If you are "Citified" and can get a tow or parts easily or get home
easily, blowing a hose is not much of a big deal. But if you live/drive/
or are tripping it can be a really big deal, and if you do the latter a
lot, it would be worth changing all the hoses, just to head off
potential problems.

Out in the west you can get into real trouble if you have a hose blow.
Or, consider how it would be if you were driving the "Haul Road" to the
north slope of Alaska - a road that is now accessible to tourists - and
blew a hose. There is several hundred miles of abolutely no civilization
of any kind, and when you do come across a truckstop or something, they
don't carry Vanagon hoses.

Me? I replaced all my hoses when I rebuilt my engine. I'm more content
with that approach. Especially since I never plan to let my van
go......... just gonna drive it to dust.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Vanagon Man wrote:

>before anyone sets down the satchel to buy a hose kit, if you have a good
>dealer, call him and ask him to be competitive.  I have developed a
>relationship with my parts dealer at VW, and he is selling me all the hoses
>and the AT cooler hose for $521.  and no shipping cost, he will have it in 2
>days. If you are ready to buy, pmail me and I will give you his number, he
>will do mail order, but you will have to pay freight.
>
>
>Not too bad in my opinion.
>
>Adam P
>Charleston,SC     Coburn, WV
>81  Westy "The Brick "
>70 Single Cab "Whitey"
>74 Beetle "Ol Yeller"
>73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop)
>1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg
>1976 Transporter (New CA bus)
>1974 412 "Goldmember"
>Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled)
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