TPIZ92

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Though most of us remove the coolant bypass, some, like me, prefer to just leave it alone. Sometimes these hose barbs fall out, break off etc. I purchased a bbk tb off the boards and it had the straight 1/4 barb completely missing. It looked as if someone at some point tried to epoxy it on but it was MIA. Anyway I decided I wanted to fix it because I wanted the clean hose routing.

I started with a quarter inch barb connector. You can purchas these from any hardware store. I drilled the hole on the Throttle body just slightly larger with a drill bill on a hand drill. Unfortunately my little chinese bit didnt have a size engraved on it.

Next I mounted the barb into a drill press, the side that would enter the throttle body was exposed while the drill press held onto the part where the hose would connect. I ran a file against the barb until I could slide two barbs into the hole while the third would catch ever so slightly and stop.

Next I took a propane torch and heated the throttle body and as I did this I had someone take a rubber mallet and drive the barb into the throttle body. I then let it cool and done. Press fit and repaired.

TPIZ92

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Here is the finished product