The info below is for the later model Vanagons:

The high pressure hose that goes from the compressor all the way up to
the condenser in the front of the van is not easily made up because of
the special end on it at the compressor end.  I have spent several years
looking for this end and have never been able to find it.  However what
you can do is to cut the old end off of your old hose, then have a
compression fitting put on that end of the new hose.  Then you just
slide your old end into the compression fitting, torque it down and you
have a hose with the proper ends on each end.

I can get you one of these hoses for $125.
Or I have a good used hose from a 91 with low miles for $100

Let me know if you need any further help.

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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com
Phone: 856-327-4936
Fax: 856-327-2242

On 6/12/2012 4:21 PM, Michael Wildermuth wrote:
> I have an '87 Vanagon GL.  I took it to the local Goodyear service to
> have the air conditioning worked on and they said they found a bad
> fitting and replaced it but when they charged it up, they heard a
> hissing and identified it as coming from the line running from the
> compressor to the radiator - the line closest to the center of the
> vehicle of the two that run to the front on the driver's side.  They
> showed me the rupture and we marked it.  They said it was too much for
> them and to take it to a VW dealer.
>
> I made an appointment with MAG in Columbus (I am in Lima, Ohio).  They
> told me that they cannot get the hose from VW any longer.  They said
> they could keep it for a few weeks and have someone manufacture a
> replacement.
>
> I was wondering if anyone here might know where I could get one.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Wildermuth
>