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Subject:Re: Hose ID: Crossover tube to expansion tanks?
From:neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:24:28 -0700

Thanks Alan and Larry.

Yup. In Canada.

My iMac calculator sez .25" = .64 cm (rounded off)

I'm wondering if when I installed the hoses, I didn't pull the cable
straps too tight causing end to crack.

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:
> Seems to me that I used 1/4 inch. �It's easier to find at FLAPS here
> in the states. �Are you in Canada?
>
> Larry A.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:23 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> Am short of time. In the middle of minor hose re-do at tank stopping
>> minor seeping at 1 or 2 hose connections.
>>
>> '81 Vanagon.
>>
>> 5mm ID low pressure braided currently installed. Is this the correct
>> size? End was cracked pretty bad. Only 2 YO. Cable straps were used.
>>
>> I have 7mm hose on hand if thats a better fit. (though it slips very
>> easily over nipples)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>> --
>> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>>
>> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>>
>

-- 
Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/

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