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[T3] paper air hoses....
<x-html><!x-stuff-for-pete base="" src="" id="0" charset=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>The tubes I use are clear plastic, have never deteriorated, stay in place by both tightness and the stiffness of the flexible material. Sometime in the past I got a small coil of it, cut lengths to size, and never looked back. Again, I think it's from Plumbing supplies. Maybe medical? What uses might there be for thick clear plastic tubing? Maybe as insulating cover for some kind of decorative lighting? </DIV>
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<DIV> On 7 Aug 2008 at 22:51, J. Jonik wrote:<BR><BR>> Years ago I happened to find some heavy plastic tubing...maybe for<BR>> aquariums or some water use...that fit the connections exactly. Buy a few<BR>> yards and cut to size. They were about one inch diameter...with the plastic<BR>> being at least an eighth of an inch thick. They don't melt, they fit snug<BR>> sliding onto the metal piping at either end and have been fine for a long<BR>> time. Easy to pull off and put on, even though snug as a bug. <BR><BR>Was this some kind of flexible plastic tubing? Clear or black or ?<BR><BR>The tubes it has to fit over are 28 mm, which is just under 1-1/8".<BR><BR>I have the OE stuff, which works nicely, but it would be nice to find a sub <BR>that was more durable. The paper tubes hold up quite well until you disturb <BR>them, but they almost never survive an engine removal. <BR><BR>-- <BR>Jim Adney<BR><A
href="http://us.mc387.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jadney@vwtype3.org"; ymailto="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org";><FONT color=#003399>jadney@vwtype3.org</FONT></A><BR>Madison, WI USA<BR></DIV></td></tr></table><br>
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