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Re: Booster Hose ?

To: acekraut11@aol.com
Subject: Re: Booster Hose ?
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 14:24:29 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 acekraut11@aol.com wrote:

> Bill,
> 
> My car has just one.  I suspect that your previous owner did as you 
> said, sacrificed saftey for correctness.  If the striped hoses are 
> original, which is likely unless there is a new source for the striped 
> hoses then they are indeed quite old and probably have collapsed upon 
> themselves.  I switch out that hose on my car about once a year.  Cheap 
> saftey insurance.  Which reminds me, time to do it again this year.

You replace the hose once a year? Wow. That seems excessive given that the
hose only has to hold a vacuum...
 
> Cheers,
> Aaron
> 
> Aaron Cropley
> 71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
> http://www.triumphowners.com/108
> Topsham, Maine

regards,
rml
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