Hey Alan, don't know if you saw that "Gee-Bee" at the GTD VW forum is
putting an order together for diesel-vanagon hoses.

Confusingly, his first version is a silicone version of the TIICO hose
(inline gasser hoses that van-cafe sells)

These seem to be nearly identical (the water pump bypass hose looks
different, but the weird hoses similar?) to the Euro JX? turbo-diesel
hoses, that use the larger diameter late-model expansion tank and larger
diameter plastic pipes.

http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=22371

Looks perfect for a late-model diesel conversion.

I'm HOPING we can get together an order that will fit the STOCK '82 and
'83 1.6NA diesels.  I've posted pics of the differences between '82 and
TIICO, but I've never seen the stock hoses on the '83.

Something that would fit the smaller pipes, and the smaller expansion
tank.  There are other minor differences, but I'm trying to figure this
all out myself.  Maybe the TIICO hoses tooled with stepped ends would
work fine, anyone doing this?

Will in Alaska

P.S. Anyone got a photo and/or measurements of the stock '83 diesel
coolant hoses?

On Thu, 2009-12-24 at 19:38 -0600, Alan Felder wrote:
> Hi all - hoping everyone is having a great holiday.  I have a coolant leak
> issue today that I hope I have solved, but in case i didn't, I will need to
> find at a FLAPS, a hose to fit the heater feed outlet at the head  of my 82
> naturally aspirated 1.6.  Ideally, this hose would fit the outlet at the
> head, then change to standard 5/8" heater hose, and be about two feet long
> so it will reach the splice over the tranny, where I installed new heater
> hose but left the old feed line at the head.
>
> Anyone know a good part for this, or know what the hose size should be at
> that end?  Search of the archives revealed similar questions, but no
> answers.
>
> MCAHNY!
>
> --
> Alan Felder
> Austin TX
> 82 Diesel Westy
>