I have those silicone intake hoses (no braided cloth) on my van installed
at the reinstall phase of the rebuild process.. the mechanic heated them up
lightly with a heat gun and sprayed some silicone lubricant on both sides
and pushed it in... I saw him doing it and it seems easy...

dan

On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 12:01 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Those can be made to work. Just some effort and some oil.
> A good hose shop should have something that will work.
>
> Dennis
>
> From: Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 1:27 PM
> To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>; vanagon <
> vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
> Subject: Re: Intake manifold hose
>
> 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<mailto:
> 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<mailto:
> vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>> On Behalf Of Bruce Todd
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 12:33 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto: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)
>