Hi,
5/8" heater hose funs to and from the radiator under the van.  There are two
"T"s which run up to the rear heater.  A better fix, if you are going to
remove the rear heater entirely, anyway, is to replace those "T"s with a
couple radiator hose repair kits, which can be obtained from most any FLAPS.

Karl Wolz

-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Challis <gchallis@CENTUM.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: rear heater coolant leak

>A quick way of dealing with joining the 2 heater hoses together would be to
>buy one of those Prestone coolant flushing kits from any FLAPS.  They come
>with 3 different sized tees that you should be able to use.  Remember to
>clamp off the 2 hoses before you disconnect them from the heater so that
you
>won't need to bleed the cooling system.  Good luck,
>Graham
>90 GL
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
>Of Davidson
>Sent: Saturday, April 24, 1999 5:58 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: rear heater coolant leak
>
>
>Well I discovered that my rear heater is leaking coolant. It appears to be
>coming from the on off valve. I really don't use this heater and I could
use
>the extra space. So I want to remove it and just connect the two ends of
the
>two coolant hoses with some type of coupling using the existing clamps.
Does
>anyone know what size & type of coupling I should use? And where to
>purchase? I need this very soon as I will be leaving on a trip in a couple
>of days.
>Thanks,
>Bill
>90 Westy Syncro
>