I was under the van today, doing this and that and noticed that the
plastic coolant lines were pressing down on the heater hoses (and
pinching them somewhat) where they pass through a cross member (just
forward of the shift linkage "U joint".

There is a tab above the pass through hole on the cross member, and I
assume that is to hold the gear clamp that was around the plastic
pipes at that point. The gear clamp was tight, so I am guessing that
sometime in the past the clamp slipped off the tab and a PO had
noticed the loose clamp and just tightened it, not realising it was
to go over the tab.

Another exciting moment in vanagon land :)

alistair
'86 syncro 7  passenger
'82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
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