a/c drain hose

[treed2 at wsu.edu (T. Reed)]

Dan,

Thanks for the pointer! I ordered the hose and some other dealer-only bits 
that I've been needing for a while but have been less than motivated to go 
get.

I'd never heard of worldimpex until your mention..
I wonder why?

-Toby

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006, Dan Bubb wrote:

> Most of you must hate the dealer so much that you'd rather ghetto engineer
> the car than get a part at the dealer.
>
> 175 820 615
>
> http://www.worldimpex.com/search_by_partno.html?searchmode=partno&partno=175820615&x=29&y=7
>
> $1.52!!!!!!
>
> Right now I'm finishing the mechanical part of a restoration of a MK I.
> Arizona car that had had an engine bay fire (not a really bad one!) and an
> inconsiderate PO.
> It needs more grommets and bushings and clips and electrical
> connectors........all small inexpensive parts, but all dealer parts.
>
> ETKA and worldimpex are my FRIENDS!! ;^)
>
>
> From: "T. Reed" <treed2@wsu.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 12:01 AM
> Subject: a/c drain hose
>
>
>> Alright, just when you thought you'd seen the end of my a/c related posts,
>> here's another:
>>
>> I've had a little bit of a funky smell at times (no, it's not me) in the
>> interior since getting the a/c working. Since it hasn't been raining, this
>> must be the result of condensation forming on the evaporator and dripping
>> in to the heater box.
>>
>> I know there's a little drain hose on the passenger side under a cover, so
>> I took the cover off today and sure enough.. it's plugged with leaves and
>> crap. I was unable to get it unclogged, but that concern was preempted
>> when I noticed that the hose is actually ripped at the base where it
>> enters the floorpan. It looks like the water has actually been running
>> down the hose and in to the floorpan, where it gets soaked up by that
>> belly button lint blanket thing under the carpet and produces funk.
>>
>> What is it with Sciroccos and water collecting in the floorpans!?! I
>> thought I was through with that when I sealed up the windshield leak a
>> couple years ago.
>>
>> It looks like I could replace it with a pretty standard rubber hose from
>> the auto parts store.. but I'm wondering after feeling around if it's even
>> replacable.. or if VW just perma-glued it to the chassis? Anybody know?
>>
>> In that case I might have to run a smaller diameter hose through the
>> existing one, then have some kind of an size adapter where it hooks to the
>> heater box. Hmm..
>>
>> Before anybody says RTV, I think the rips are too bad to repair. The tear
>> goes almost 180 degrees around the hose and the rubber around it feels
>> rotten. Plus it's under all that carpet and padding.. which I don't really
>> feel like removing.
>>
>> Oh yeah, and got any tips for clearing debris out of the tube? My fish
>> tape did nothing except bottom out on the soft, springy crud inside.
>>
>> -Toby
>>
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