Re: Vacuum line - Known suppliers ?

["John C." <gtr1@traverse.com>]

IPC used to carry them. Perhaps The Parts Connection (previously IPC) still
carries them.  Rod wil know.

John Corbs
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc_Nguyen@mail.amsinc.com <Marc_Nguyen@mail.amsinc.com>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 1:48 AM
Subject: RE: Vacuum line - Known suppliers ?


>Earlier this year, I spent the better part of an hour calling a bunch of
>parts shops in the D.C. metro area looking for the cloth braided vacuum
>lines.  All the "big" parts places said that the lines could only be found
>at the dealer.  Finally called Olympic Import Parts where I had bought
>numerous parts for my VWs in the past.  I asked for the lines and the
>response was "You mean the German ones?  Yeah, we got 'em."  They had every
>size I needed for my urq.  The price depended on the size of the hose and
>ranged from around $1/foot to $6/foot.  They have a bunch of locations in
>the D.C. area.  Let me know if you want a number and I'll dig it up.
>
>- Marc
>'85 urq
>'93 S4
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