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Frank Lee · 03-19-2012, 11:59 PM

This modern hose has quite the generous wall thickness and several concentric layers of reinforcement. The I.D. is so very small that it doesn't take much external crimping deflection to close it off. Before I cut it up I sat there examining it and would never have guessed that bracket was bearing down on that hose enough to crimp it shut- it simply didn't appear to be that bad.

I've messed around with so many old '60s VWs over the years and can't count them all. I don't recall having a bad hose on any of them but I don't doubt that it happened.

03-19-2012, 11:59 PM	#16 (permalink)
Frank Lee (: Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: up north Posts: 12,762 Blue - '93 Ford Tempo Last 3: 27.29 mpg (US) F150 - '94 Ford F150 XLT 4x4 90 day: 18.5 mpg (US) Sport Coupe - '92 Ford Tempo GL Last 3: 69.62 mpg (US) ShWing! - '82 honda gold wing Interstate 90 day: 33.65 mpg (US) Moon Unit - '98 Mercury Sable LX Wagon 90 day: 21.24 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,585 Thanked 3,555 Times in 2,218 Posts	This modern hose has quite the generous wall thickness and several concentric layers of reinforcement. The I.D. is so very small that it doesn't take much external crimping deflection to close it off. Before I cut it up I sat there examining it and would never have guessed that bracket was bearing down on that hose enough to crimp it shut- it simply didn't appear to be that bad. I've messed around with so many old '60s VWs over the years and can't count them all. I don't recall having a bad hose on any of them but I don't doubt that it happened. __________________ Last edited by Frank Lee; 03-20-2012 at 12:06 AM..