I would add that that particular hose is 'the one' most likely to fail
on a 1.9, in my experience.
Any hoses that have hotter coolant flowing in them tend to go first,
like this one. s

On 9/5/2013 8:43 AM, Old Volks Home wrote:
> Find a FLAPS that carries Gates Hoses.  Part Number 28472 (5/8"x52").  I
> bought a couple of these as spares over 10 years ago, have used one of them
> on a friend's 85 and I keep the other spare under the bed seatbox in my
> Westy.  It has the molded end for proper routing to the cylinder head port.
>   Might have to special order it.  Gates on their site still shows it still
> available.
>
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> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> 75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
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> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Dominic Provini Jr. <dprovinijr@ha-pa.com>wrote:
>
>> Good Morning,
>>
>> I am having some trouble locating a coolant hose  # 251-265-056B.(85
>> 1.9L)  All vendors are either sold out or N/A. I can't even locate a
>> used one. It runs from Cylinder #1 to the rear heater T.   Has anyone
>> come across this hose anywhere?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Dom
>>
>> 85 Westy
>>
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