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Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013, 19:05
by jed the spread
Mine was shagged so had a go at replacing it with something else but its gone flat. Just wondered if any of you guys knew where to get one?

Jed

Re: Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013, 19:08
by max and caddy
I don't...however visit your local scrapyard and get a few hard plastic ones off just about every vw ever made...and the rubber joiners...and construct something using the bends and straights...works just grand!

Re: Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013, 19:14
by lloydy
this is the thread i was talking to you about when you mentioned the silicone hose you were using
https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... o#p7823260" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
still available from VW, i found a couple wire helix type things, but not quite spot on with size. All covered in the thread

Re: Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013, 19:16
by jed the spread
max and caddy wrote:I don't...however visit your local scrapyard and get a few hard plastic ones off just about every vw ever made...and the rubber joiners...and construct something using the bends and straights...works just grand!

They dont have scrap yards down here like you have up there, everything is stripped and on a shelf and not really interested in selling you a peace of hose. Was after something new I could just buy and fit really.

Jed

Re: Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013, 19:18
by jed the spread
lloydy wrote:this is the thread i was talking to you about when you mentioned the silicone hose you were using
https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... o#p7823260" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
still available from VW, i found a couple wire helix type things, but not quite spot on with size. All covered in the thread

I will have a look, ta :ok

Jed

Re: Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013, 19:22
by max and caddy
Well you will go to that London...northern yards are better...but Cumbrian yards have chickens running free range! Mind the eggs now!

Maybe go a truck place...not a cafe...but hydrair or similar and get some 1/2" servo vac hose...might be a bit more rigid but should be usable.

Or expensive wire helix silicone stuff.

Re: Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013, 20:59
by xriss
http://www.holden.co.uk/displayproducts ... d+Fittings" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Vac ... try_GB.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013, 21:02
by max and caddy
To small..it's the servo pipe Jeds after. Well I think it is anyway!

Re: Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013, 21:14
by jed the spread
Yeh thanks for the link Xriss but Alex is right its the big un I am after. Saying that I might just do a Lloydy and replace the whole lot for the hell of it :lol:

Re: Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013, 21:18
by xriss
perhaps simon would cut too size if it the same diameter as the derv

http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/index.php/b ... -carb.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

i seem to recall trying to find a lengh of the braided...no sucess

Re: Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 02 Sep 2013, 21:23
by jed the spread
Mmmm...

I looked on his web shop before and he did the short bits for 2wd but they are out of stock anyway. I am guessing he might have thought of this as an option if it fitted but you never know.

Jed

Re: Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 03 Sep 2013, 06:45
by weimarbus
G & GW Bridges breakers at Pease Pottage (end of the M23) still has yards you can walk around and pillage from but the older scrap section is only open at weekends I think, worth a phone call and as lloydy said if you can make it up with genuine VW parts probably worth a trip.

Re: Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 03 Sep 2013, 06:55
by jed the spread
weimarbus wrote:G & GW Bridges breakers at Pease Pottage (end of the M23) still has yards you can walk around and pillage from but the older scrap section is only open at weekends I think, worth a phone call and as lloydy said if you can make it up with genuine VW parts probably worth a trip.


:ok

Re: Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 03 Sep 2013, 06:55
by jed the spread
Holy crap, http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_act_search ... btnSearch=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Jed

Re: Where to buy a diesel braided vacuum pipe?

Posted: 03 Sep 2013, 07:05
by AdrianC
Just measure the required ID, and have a google for silicone vacuum hose by the length. Umpteen suppliers, from eBay chav tat floggers to kit car builders to whatever. It needs to be specific vac hose, else it'll collapse under the suck.