They are the braided cloth ones.  My pref was the silicone set from VC but
living in Canada makes the shipping a little unreasonable right now - I had
begun purchasing them and then declined when the shipping cost was selected.

There are hose distributors in town that might have a silicone product with
the right ID.  Do you suggest some heat to help Get them on (hot water)?
Or will that deform the hose?

Bruce

On Friday, June 26, 2020, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> They can be made to fit. If braided cloth on the outside they are the
> wrong ones. GoWesty makes these fit even on their premium engines. These
> are for the air cooled engines. The correct ones are available from a
> number of vendors including a local parts store that gets stuff from IMC.
> Van Café offers a very nice silicone version. Still a tight fit but with
> some lubricant goes on and no clamps needed.
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of Bruce
> Todd
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 12:33 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Intake manifold hose
>
> The four hose pieces which connect the air intake distributor to the
> manifold pipes - I purchased under part VWC-039-133-241 as advertised in
> Cal Imports.  GoWest’s site says these are not the correct parts.
>
> The hose has arrived fits very snug on the air distribution side - but
> without really trying to jam them on they do not seem to fit on the pipe
> end side.  These hoses are from Germany.  Can I heat the one end in hot
> water to make it temporarily more pliable - or are these just the wrong
> part altogether?
>
> If they do fit on as intended what is the opinion on having additional
> hose clamps?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce
>
> 86 Westy Syncro (2.1 Digifant)
>