[Mg-t] TD top radiator hose replacement

[BOB GRUNAU]

Another possibility is to remove the four screws holding the water outlet
elbow to the head and pull the elbo and thermostat down to alllow top hose
installation. Might require removal of the bypass hose to get it to pull
down.
Bob Grunau, Canada


Bob, seeing how you have the radiator installed, and want to just
replace the radiator hose.
They are now too stiff to install. The bump in the hose, aka bumped
hose, was supposed to
be a flex joint. This would allow for the matching up of the engine
water outlet angle and the
radiator top tank tube angle to be different (which they are), and
the flex joint to move.

Since the hose is too stiff now, you can cut off say 1/4" from each
end of the hose. That should
shorten it enough to install in situ.

John Seim
Irvine, CA

On Aug 27, 2010, at 4:30 PM, Bob Donahue wrote:

> What is the correct procedure for installing a new top radiator
> hose on a TD?
> Is there anyway of doing it without removing the thermostat
> housing? (My new
> reproduction hose is much too stiff to squish it on. I think I was
> able to do
> this with an old hose.)
>
> Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
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