[Pontirag]

I also have found that a spring is a sometimes option. usually my old spring is too rusted to re use.

what I do is get a spool of safety wire and some safety wire pliers, (yea like everybodys got that all layin around). I get about a 8 foot length of wire and twist it up with the pliers. you dont need the pliers though. but I twist it up untill I get about 8-10 twists per inch. then I wrap it around a 2 inch diameter cardboard tube in a spiral fashion. when i am done the stainless wire has work hardened to give it springyness and I insert it in the hose. No more colapsed hose and being stainless it is reusable.