Thanks.

Yeah, I was reading that on another thread. It is a shame that this website sell them, as I bought it from Peach Parts / Pelican parts. I thought it would be a quality hose. I guess everything this website sells isn't high quality.

Well we were able to easily get it on, so a new hose would be easy to put back on since we cut away part of the pipe, opening the gap just so slightly.

I was just concerned that the original hose was going to pop. The other coolant hoses seem to be original (1988 stamped on them and has the Mercedes 3-star symbol), but still feel fine... I guess MB had some dang good hoses.

Thanks for the info.