[VWC] RE: Vacuum hose question...

[fahrvegnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

A good idea.  There may indeed be some savings going that way.  Only one way to know for sure....  ;-)

Cheers,
  David
> 
> From: "Rob Calderwood" <robcalderwood1@charter.net>
> Date: 2005/04/05 Tue PM 04:43:34 EDT
> To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: Re: [VWC] RE: Vacuum hose question...
> 
> 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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