In a message dated 18/08/2010 11:41:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

        Mark, you really should put  in my _Vanagon Power Steering_
(http://frankcondelli.com/hose.htm)   replacement hoses.  One piece front to back.
Yes, there is a  connection in the OEM pipes just to the rear of the fuel
tank.  If there  were not a connection there then you'd have two pipes seven
feet long to  deal with.  Pretty hard to install when that long !  The hoses
I sell  have been in use for well over 10 years and no problems.  Easy to
install,  read the instructions on my webpage.

>>>>>>Not sure what to do about this one - eight  years ago, I had my power
steering lines replaced by the dealer.  Now  I've come to find out that they
only replaced part of the lines, they  spliced in new lines in the back and
left the old lines in the front (using  hose and clamps to connect the two -
I guess to avoid dropping the gas  tank).  I assume those lines are supposed
to be continuous lines from  back to front, but maybe I'm wrong (don't see a
diagram in power steering  section of the Bentley).  The lines are now
leaking in the front and I  feel like I'm circling back to a repair I
already
paid for.  I'm  inclined to just let it go, since it's been so long, but if
it's an  egregious error I think the dealer should at least know about it.
Or maybe  it's not an error at  all.<<<<<<<<