Bill, I just priced one at a VW dealer in Ft. Collins, CO and the hose is
now sold as one long hose which you have to cut, to fit in the T, then use
the rest from the T to the front core. I just priced the hose from the right
head to the core and it was $65. It was for an 84 Vanagon.

Willy

>Fellow VW's,
>        I have an 84 Westy and I need to replace the hoses from the engine
to both
>heater cores. Is the two long hoses going from the t's in the rear to the
>front a VW dealer item? I tried 5/8" to small and 3 /4" to big?Is it a
metric
>size in the middle?Also the t's to the rear core,any source for them
besides
>dealer?
>
>Thanks,
>Bill M
>Mystic,CT
>84 Westy
>