>From:    Grungy <grungy@MINDLESS.COM>
>Subject: lower cooling hose thingy...
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>...there
>was a nylon (maybe) o-ring fitting thing inside of the straight part
>of the hose... After pulling the hose off the back I found it inside of the
>hose.
>
>What is this part?
>It doesn't look like a classic o-ring.
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>The angle is exaggerated.
>It has a lot of rusty fibrous stuff on the larger-diameter part of it.

As it turns out this is actually the end of the solid coolant line.
The inner part of the tube is metal and there is a nylon exterior -
this is the end of that exterior part, torn off completely.

The other coolant line still has the end intact, kind of wrapping
around the metal part.  I suppose that I could replace this line or
just try to get the hose to seal on the remainder, without benefit of
the raised area that is torn off to act as a "stop" for the clamp and
the hose.
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