Re: Hunting for a radiator hose.

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Gwendolyn Ann Smith wrote:

> Pretty close would work.  Where are you finding them?

A local parts store, non-chain, though I swear I've got them from
crappy old AutoZone. Here are my inadequate notes:

Radiator hose, upper    (B) 70471cs (needs cutting) non-A/C!
Radiator hose, upper    ECR 20982 (with A/C)
Radiator hose, lower    1.5" x 1.75" x 19.25", FLEX DOES NOT FIT

I don't know whose number 70471cs is. NAPA?

This is for my 63 classic, but it's a 232, and pretty much all the
top hoses are the same. The "needs cutting" is because I have the
wrong radiator in the car, it's closer to the block and the
connection is not in the stock location. It's mostly a simple "L"
but one end has a slight cant.

The "with A/C" hose accomodates my bizarre AC belt situation, I
had to run the idler up and over the filler neck. It's a
later-model host, but it should also fit.

My newly-aquired (but old) Gates catalog indicates Gates # 21203
is the right one.

If all else fails, ask for, in order, gates #'s:


20166, 22166, 21660, 20267. The last is short, the others long.