Greg,

It looks like some kind of deep water vent setup for the bell housing.  The
rubber plug part stops dirt and sludge from getting to the clutch but still
allows the bell housing to vent.

That being said, I doubt it is an original VW item.  But if it is, I'll bet
dollars to donuts it's been obsoleted.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Greg
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:37 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Mystery part

It is a 87 Syncro manual.
I tried to trace where that hose was going to but with no luck.
It drives fine without it except maybe a whistling noise when I
accelerate at a certain pace.

I will try the plug then

Greg.

On Nov 9, 2007, at 8:25 AM, Chris Lisica wrote:

> If I had to say, I'd say it's a non-stock VW part installed by a
> previous owner. Of course, if you are the only owner, then I'm
> wrong. ETKA only shows a cover cap that is supposed to go there (PN
> 025101109B). What in the world does that hose go to? I've never
> seen a hose going to that hole, but then again, I am by far the
> expert. The hole is there to access the bolts that hold the plate
> (don't know tech name) to the torque converter. I just used it the
> other day for that purpose!
>
> chris
>
> On Nov 9, 2007 7:43 AM, Greg <bourongregoire@qwest.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> While changing the heads of my car, I accidentally (of course) broke
> this little white plastic "L" shape part. See Link for pictures.
> http://picasaweb.google.com/fatandFrank/Vanagon
> To order a new one, I then looked in the Bentley to find its name,
> nothing...
> I emailed a VW specialist part store with those pictures, still
> nothing...
> Maybe someone here can help me?
> Does anyone know what is it, what is its name and what is the part
> number?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Greg.
>
>
>
> --
> Chris
> 88 Vanagon GL (daily driver)
> 87 Westfalia (in progress)