needs lots of info
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Teching In
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From: georgia
needs lots of info hello everyone, iam going to need a lot of advice, part numbers and input, I put a lq4 into a s-10 frame, with a 1948 5 window truck body. currently stuck at what radiator hoses
Best way to get the nicest fitting hose is to make a template of how you want it to fit with a wire from a coat hanger. Just bend it to how you want it and then take a trip to your local auto store and ask to browse the radiator hoses. You may find something that has exactly what you need or it may have the bends but need to be trimmed to fit. Once you find your hoses be sure to make notes of part numbers so you know what you need in the future.
On The Tree
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From: Lombard, Il
Did you forget that you already asked this? Are you expecting different answers from the same people?
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...tor-hoses.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...tor-hoses.html
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From: Central Cal.
Hoses are not rocket science. Use whatever you can find to connect engine to radiator. The parts are out there. Because you have a unique vehicle, do not expect a shopping list of parts. This has all been gone thru in the other thread.
Truck body should be largely irrelevant. As for advice, there have to be several S10s with swaps done, I'd just copy what they did. Specific questions will generally be answered by people who can do so but nobody is going to do the searches for you to spoon feed part numbers. But as mentioned, get the shape you need and match it up at the store, it's pretty easy if they let you go look at them yourself. That's pretty much the advice given repeatedly in the other thread about this. It's a hose, there is nothing difficult in figuring out what you need, you just match shapes. Quite possibly the easiest part of the swap.
