Custom Hose? Possible?
10-12-2012, 07:46 AM
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I learned a tip on finding a hose from a show one time where they were installing a LT1 in an el camino.
With the engine and radiator in place, take a wire clothes hanger apart and bend it to the shape that you need the hose to be, every angle and the exact length.
Take the bent hanger to your local auto parts supply store and match up the hanger to a hose that is the closest to the diameter, shape and length you need.
If you can't find a single hose in the shape and length, look at combining two hoses with the shape and length you need based on the hanger shape.
Problem solved
With the engine and radiator in place, take a wire clothes hanger apart and bend it to the shape that you need the hose to be, every angle and the exact length.
Take the bent hanger to your local auto parts supply store and match up the hanger to a hose that is the closest to the diameter, shape and length you need.
If you can't find a single hose in the shape and length, look at combining two hoses with the shape and length you need based on the hanger shape.
Problem solved
10-12-2012, 10:46 AM
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I learned a tip on finding a hose from a show one time where they were installing a LT1 in an el camino.
With the engine and radiator in place, take a wire clothes hanger apart and bend it to the shape that you need the hose to be, every angle and the exact length.
Take the bent hanger to your local auto parts supply store and match up the hanger to a hose that is the closest to the diameter, shape and length you need.
If you can't find a single hose in the shape and length, look at combining two hoses with the shape and length you need based on the hanger shape.
Problem solved
With the engine and radiator in place, take a wire clothes hanger apart and bend it to the shape that you need the hose to be, every angle and the exact length.
Take the bent hanger to your local auto parts supply store and match up the hanger to a hose that is the closest to the diameter, shape and length you need.
If you can't find a single hose in the shape and length, look at combining two hoses with the shape and length you need based on the hanger shape.
Problem solved
With a drawing, a minor bend not indicated on the drawing can make the difference between a fit or not.
10-17-2013, 12:02 PM
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Dayco has an online guide that lets you look at every shape and size hose they make
http://www.accessdayco.com/Dimensional.aspx
http://www.accessdayco.com/Dimensional.aspx
10-17-2013, 02:14 PM
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They do. I use to have a link for a similar app from Gates, but for some reason the link went dead. I was searching for the Gates app when I found the dayco one.
If you find a dayco part you should be able to cross reference the gates part.
If you find a dayco part you should be able to cross reference the gates part.
