a/c drain hose

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

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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