Re: Hunting for a radiator hose.

[KSiroonian@xxxxxxx]

Great idea, I had to do the similar thing. They (Gates/Dayco) no longer make the upper molded radiator hose for pacer. I even called gates and tried to see if they could reproduce them, but no luck. I took an old molded hose and was able to  match it up pretty close with some hoses from autozone, by cutting some off of one or both ends.they were accomodating to take it back and match it up with several then give them to me to look at.
You should even be able to match the shape of the flex hose that is now pretty much bent to the  aproximate shape.
Good luck with it, regards. Ken.


On January 15, 2005 Tom Jennings wrote:

> 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.
> 
> 
> .


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