Agreed, any new hose set should be match the 83 or 84 diesel Vanagon
configuration so even 82 could use it by just upgrading to the latest
diesel coolant tank which is the same as 84/85 waterboxer. The 82 tank
has been NLA for years and does not have provision for the coolant level
sensor that later years benefit from and which could be easily wired in.

Mark

Michael Snow wrote:
>
> A whole bunch of diesel folks just went through this in the past year or
> so. The effort produced a silicone hose set, which I think fits only
> one (and I am not sure which one) of the many diesel configurations of
> coolant pipes, expansion tanks, and engine positions. IMHO,
> standardizing on the '82 hose set is a mistake. The '82 coolant
> expansion tank has been NLA for quite a while and is unlikely to ever be
> reproduced. Later diesels used the same expansion tank as the
> waterboxer (maybe 1.9 only?) engines, and it would be far more helpful
> to have hoses made to work with a readily-available expansion tank, as
> well as mounting bracket to install that expansion tank in the van.
>
> Mike
>