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autoarcheologist
Posts : 295 Join date : 2014-08-22 Location : Portland, OR
| Subject: Coolant hose replacement questions Sun May 31, 2015 12:14 am | |
| We are taking our first big road trip in the Roady in a few weeks and I want to do a little cooling system maintenance first.
The plan is to flush the cooling system and replace z few or all of the hoses as well as the plastic T.
Do here are my queations:
Is the restrictor as fragile as the T and should be replaced at the same time?
Does somebody sell the hose with the restrictor already attached? Is there a part number? I couldn't find one.
I plan on replacing at a minimum the two radiator hoses and the T. If I have time ivwill sldo do the hoses going to the T. Are the heater hoses relatively easy as well? I would love to do all of them at once and be done.
I hope to also bypass the throttle body at the same time.
Thanks! Ian
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phantom 309
Posts : 5848 Join date : 2008-12-28 Age : 114
| Subject: Re: Coolant hose replacement questions Sun May 31, 2015 12:07 pm | |
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autoarcheologist
Posts : 295 Join date : 2014-08-22 Location : Portland, OR
| Subject: Re: Coolant hose replacement questions Sun May 31, 2015 1:11 pm | |
| In my experience replacing old rubber bits is always a wise investment. Especially when your driving through the middle of nowhere between Portland and Salt Lake City in 100 degree heat with the whole family. | |
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sherlock9c1
Posts : 2399 Join date : 2009-05-28 Location : Huntsville, AL
| Subject: Re: Coolant hose replacement questions Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:16 am | |
| AC Delco 155508 - buy from RockAuto or Amazon.
I would not bother bypassing the throttle body unless it is actually leaking. | |
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autoarcheologist
Posts : 295 Join date : 2014-08-22 Location : Portland, OR
| Subject: Re: Coolant hose replacement questions Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:24 pm | |
| I found that one, thanks Sherlock!
I have a list of hoses I will post once I assemble everything. I think I found all of them at reasonable prices. | |
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HoosierDaddy
Posts : 102 Join date : 2014-12-28
| Subject: Re: Coolant hose replacement questions Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:34 pm | |
| I found the restrictor at Advance Auto, part number 74795- Factory Air by 4 Seasons. I think it was about $10 | |
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jayoldschool
Posts : 2728 Join date : 2009-06-14
| Subject: Re: Coolant hose replacement questions Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:58 pm | |
| Driving MacWoody's car (and he had no tools), I was 500km from home, in Maine, at 4:30pm on a Sunday, and the restrictor split in half as I accelerated on to a county road. Quite the steam show. Got pulled over to the side, and hitched a ride to the hardware store. Had to talk them into staying open for five minutes as I bought a knife, screwdriver, a brass barbed hose fitting, and a couple of hose clamps. Hitched another ride back to the car (where two unimpressed wives had been left waiting), fixed it, then limped to a local dealership where we found a water tap around back that we used to fill the rad. Bottom line? Change it now, or, keep the stuff in the car to fix it. | |
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autoarcheologist
Posts : 295 Join date : 2014-08-22 Location : Portland, OR
| Subject: Re: Coolant hose replacement questions Tue Jun 02, 2015 1:47 pm | |
| I figured out that I was only saving about $10 to buy the hoses, T and restrictor separately. My time is worth more than $10 an hour so I just bought the assembly (AC Delco 155508) off Amazon for $59. | |
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