69MyWay

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Anybody have the part number handy for the OEM upper T that will go in the upper radiator hose and allow the steam line to connec to it?

55chevy

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This is not OEM, but I used one from Jegs. You can replace the drain fitting with a 1/4NPT hose barb. They come in different hose sizes.
Steve

http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/51155/10002/-1

iansane

I used a flex-a-lite version. Black anodized aluminum;


http://www.flex-a-lite.com/auto/html...cessories.html
pt#32082

69MyWay

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Those two are awesome.

Scratch the OEM, I confused that.

Maybe it is a Dorman product????

I thought I had seen a simple plastic one with a T that was a Dorman or something like that.

Either of these other two are great.

I capped the steam line off and have had no problems for five years. However, I am getting ready to road race the car in May and figure anything to avoid hot spots would be good.

lamdenali

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why not just drill and tap out the water pump and plumb it in there

69MyWay

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Being lazy - car is fully assembled and rolling - don't want to drain the coolant and fool with it. Rather just cut the upper hose and slip it together.

MikeJTR

If you want the correct size for your hoses (1-5/16") or for splicing one hose size to another hose size, JTR has the parts.
See this link:
http://www.jagsthatrun.com/Pages/Par...g_LSI-tee.html

If you want to see if you have foaming problems while racing the car, search for "sight glass."

69MyWay

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Nice!

55chevy

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Here's a picture of the Jegs part I used. Couldn't get much easier to install than this. The 1.5" size fit my hoses just fine.

69MyWay

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Thanks 55Chevy - I went witht he Jegs unit.

69MyWay

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Got the Jegs part in yesterday shipped to the door for $28. I still need to get the correct barb fitting to attach to the steam hose and a couple of clamps. It is a nice clean piece and I believe it will blend in well.

orangenotch

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Another idea on this is to get a heater hose splice for the return side of the heater core hose and run it there.

LS1FBIRDTA

i just ran mine straight out & t'ed it into the vent line that goes from the radiator filler neck to the over flow bottle, instant t/b bypass & as far as I know it works great for both the steam vent & the t/b bypass! no probs as of yet, an easy way around both issues that looks good too.3
kinda hard to see in this pic, maybe ill take more?

69MyWay

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Hey Ls1FBIRDTA - If I understand what you are describing, you put the t/b steam line direct to the radiator overflow line that goes to the overflow bottle? If this is an open vented bottle, that probably isn't a great idea. If this is a sealed surge tank radiator holding tank (often these have a heater hose routed through as well) from an OEM - than that might be okay, because those style never "vent" out to an unsealed area.

FYI - I have had my steam line capped now for over 11K miles and zero problems despite what others say about this. However, headed to do some road racing and auto X - I know it is going to get hot and it needs to allow that steam/bubbles to work out into the main system and not dead-head at the heads.

Pocket

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I welded a piece of trans tube onto a short length of 3/4" pipe and put it in the heater hose

Looks great and works great

cutlass_455

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You could use this piece from Dorman too. Should be available at NAPA and places like that.

Its Dorman 47112. I used it, and it worked fine for me.

Or you can drill and tap the spot where the upper rad hose would connect if the water pump was for a truck. It needs to be a 1/8" NPT thread. Get a brass hose barb with 1/8" NPT and your done, lots of people do it.

Marcello7x

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I know its an old thread but that dorman part comes up as 3/4" x 3/8" x 3/4". I thought the hose was bigger than 3/4?

2Aspire

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Only if your looking for something larger than heater hose.. I havent seen a dorman for the rad hose.

Marcello7x

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Ohhhh ok, now i get it. I thought the dorman was going to be used like the jegs unit.

demonpixel

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This:



looks awesome. In a pinch though, I was wondering if this would work...what if I made a hole in the radiator hose, inserted a fitting that the steam vent hose connected to, and epoxied the fitting to the hose with some cold weld epoxy? or something like water weld?

Anyone see any problems with this?