Reman heater hoses and fitment

Tor

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Hi all,

Tried to fit a remanufactured inlet-to-heater coolant hose to the SA V8, and received a call recently that it didn't fit, that the length was correct but the bends were set 25mm too far forward. They were otherwise correctly spaced, but he had to cut it at the heater end so the rear bend wouldn't foul the throttle bracket, and fit a similar extension to the other end so it would go onto the pipe on the inlet manifold.

This is a car that has a 19mm ID at the inlet and 16mm at the heater. Any chance of deviations in the setup on a CKD car like this? The vendor claims never to have heard of this before, to have sold many before, and he offers no solution. Turning the hose about face to see if the wrong end is flared didn't make a difference.

Tor
 
There is a difference in the smaller hose the inlet. Early cars have a built in bypass and later car dont.

There is also two sizes at the back of the inlet manifold.

Few pictures would help.

Colin
 
I had the same problem with my V8 Tor. I cut about 20mm off the heater end which gives the middle bit of hose a slight angle which is enough to clear the kickdown cable.
 
Testrider - I guess you had to stretch it a little getting it onto the manifold?

Anyway - I'm hoping to get a photo or two from Cape Town comparing one such hose (bought two for backup) to a busted old one. I'll fwd that to the vendor, I expect.

Colin - as I understand it, this car, although being a 1973 assembled example, has older engineering on it thus one end being 19 and the other 16 mm internal diameter?

Tor
 
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