[VWC] RE: Vacuum hose question...

[robcalderwood1 at charter.net (Rob Calderwood)]

Jim,
Can individuals order from Wurth or does one have to go through a retailer?

David, if you are listening, this may be a better option than ordering bulk 
fuel hose from the VW warehouse. I would have to check the sizes.

Thanks,
Rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Ruffi" <sciroccos@earthlink.net>
To: "John C. Worden" <johncworden@verizon.net>; "scirocco-L" 
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; <vwc@vintagewatercooleds.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 8:34 PM
Subject: [VWC] RE: Vacuum hose question...


> Wurth is one of the best sources I know of for the OEM-style hoses.
> http://www.wurthusa.com/project/en/leftnavi/catalog/product.php?path=07.0161
> .jpg
>
> I always keep a stock of those cool, slim Norma-type hose clamps which 
> they
> (and Winzer) sell, too.
> http://www.wurthusa.com/project/en/leftnavi/catalog/product.php?path=07.0178
> .jpg
> yeah, baby!
>
> I don't like the fat American clamps much.  Or the fat Americans, either.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org
>>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org]On
>>Behalf Of John C. Worden
>>Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 6:39 PM
>>To: scirocco-L; vwc@vintagewatercooleds.com
>>Subject: Vacuum hose question...
>>
>>
>>Somebody has been selling this stuff on Ebay for a while, and I keep
>>thinking I should
>>check to see if anyone knows what size our cars take so I can pick some
>>up.  This is
>>more for the older cars, especially MkI's that used the short lengths of
>>cloth covered
>>rubber line at the ends of all the vacuum lines.  Anyone know the
>>inside or
>>outside
>>diameter of this stuff?  If not, how about the diameter of those plastic
>>vacuum lines?
>>And before someone suggests a better thing to use, this is for the '78
>>restoration, by
>>which, I mean a true restoration-as the car would have come off the
>>assembly line.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>John
>>
>>
>
>
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