a/c drain hose

[smithma7 at gmail.com (Mike Smith)]

Is this Gaijinman's MkI?

On 7/23/06, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net> 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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