The braided hose are on the pipes - a little effort required but they do go
on - used silicone spray which helped.

I just wanted to know they actually fit so I could send them back If they
were not the right ones before damaging them.

Thanks for the info.

BT

On Friday, June 26, 2020, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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)
>>
>