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Subject:Re: Rubber hose to replace the metal coolant pipes
From:Captain Ray
Date:Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:39:08 -0800

Haven't done it yet.  Found 1" red "heater hose"
at an Advance or Autozone and bought the whole
box (25 feet for about $25).  I was worried
because someone suggested I needed 1 1/8 hose,
but the 1" hose actually looks bigger than the
pipes.
I need some kind of adapter to connect the new
red hose to the stock hoses.  Haven't made it to
the hardware store yet.  I'll post once I do.
(It may take a while as I have several things to
do on the bus like the front heater fan, change
the gas tank, and maybe some CV work.)

--- Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@pangea.ca> wrote:
> Hi Cap'n:
>
> I am interested in this project - did you get
> any responses?
>
> (Got a leak!)
>
> Marshall Ruskin
>
>
> >Sorry, still working on this project.
> >
> >I found the red hose locally.  They call it
> >heater hose.  The largest they can get in an
> >uncut length is 1".  Someone earlier stated
> they
> >used 1 1/8".
> >
> >Is 1" sufficient flow?
> >
> >How did you install it?  I first was thinking
> I'd
> >need something to connect from the oem hoses
> to
> >the replacement red hose, that is the red hose
> >replacing only the pipe.  But then I thought
> the
> >red hose could go all the way from the engine
> to
> >the radiator.  No messing with those old hoses
> or
> >some makeshift connections.
> >
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >
> >
> >=====
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