Radiator Hose woes
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From: PDX-OR-USA
On custom setups I have had a muffler shop bend the tubing and use short rubber couplers for the final connections when finding a hose didn't work. A muffler shop can also make you a 1.25 to 1.5 adapter out of a piece of 1.25 exhaust pipe. I just sand the pipe to scuff it up and give it a good coat of rustoleum..
Kinda Macgiver buts its worked for me..
Oh and a piece of bendable soft copper works good for figuring out a model to make the final tube with..
Kinda Macgiver buts its worked for me..
Oh and a piece of bendable soft copper works good for figuring out a model to make the final tube with..
Napa sells adapters to put on the 1.5 to reduce it
https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/NBG900
They have different sizes Slip it on the the smaller and then put the hose right over it.
https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/NBG900
They have different sizes Slip it on the the smaller and then put the hose right over it.
