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Radiator hose issues

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Stokes66

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Water exit is on the right radiator inlet is on the left. The previous owner used a piece of exhaust pipe and two short hoses. It's to close to belts and balancer for me. Any ideas or places to order from?


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I'm confused. Top inlet on the left and lower exit is on the right? If so, is the water pump spout pointing on the right? You mention about the PO using exhaust pipe and two small hoses. Is this for the inlet or exhaust port?
 
Sorry thinking faster than I can type. Water pump is on the left side of engine the bottom of the radiator is on the right. So it has to cross over the bottom of the engine through the exhaust pipe. Maybe that will help draw a clearer picture.


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Now I'm really confused. If water pump (outlet) is on the lower left side, is the inlet upper on the right side? If so, what is the problem?
 
"cmayna" said:
Now I'm really confused. If water pump (outlet) is on the lower left side, is the inlet upper on the right side? If so, what is the problem?
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I believe he's saying the rad outlet is on the pass side and the water pump is on the driver side thus the funky lower crossover.

I've seen a similar setup offered for sale by Ron Morris where the water pump is on the driver side & the rad is on the left, when people are swapping in a 5.0 timing cover and keeping the original radiator. It was a formed, bent, polished s/s pipe with two short hose ends. Sounds like you have a home-made similar setup.
 
Oops, my bad. Sorry for not re-reading your reply. I know it's not cheap, but I'd consider a new radiator with the lower snout on the left side to match up with the pump. You would get better cooling.
 
"SAC69" said:
"cmayna" said:
Now I'm really confused. If water pump (outlet) is on the lower left side, is the inlet upper on the right side? If so, what is the problem?
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I believe he's saying the rad outlet is on the pass side and the water pump is on the driver side thus the funky lower crossover.

I've seen a similar setup offered for sale by Ron Morris where the water pump is on the driver side & the rad is on the left, when people are swapping in a 5.0 timing cover and keeping the original radiator. It was a formed, bent, polished s/s pipe with two short hose ends. Sounds like you have a home-made similar setup.
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Yeah what he said.


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I would go with a new rad as well.
It will def make your car cooler and make your engine bay look so much cleaner...
 
Finally got around to working on my car. While cutting the old hose off I cut the radiator. Took it to the shop to get the hole fixed and had them move the exit hole to the drivers side and that solved all the problems for $60.


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"cmayna" said:
You might consider installing a coil into the lower hose to help prevent collapse.
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Wouldn't a distributor coil pretty much block the hose?? :whis :yah
 
I can't determine from your picture.... does your radiator have side tanks (crossflow) or Upper/lower tanks (downflow)?

It kinda looks like you have a radiator with side tanks.... if so, by having the radiator shop re-locate the lower outlet to the drivers side, your coolant is now entering the top of the drivers side tank and exiting the bottom of the drivers side tank. This will definitely lead to cooling issues (problems) as the coolant will not circulate through the radiator. It will only circulate through the drivers side tank....

Hopefully your picture is wrong and you don't have a side tank radiator.
 
No sir it has tanks on the bottom. Had a shop move it to the drivers side and bought a standard hose. It works like a champ now. Thanks for the thoughts and ideas.


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