Reply to "need engine cooling hose part numbers"

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Originally posted by MARLIN JACK:
...The metal tubes come from the factory at 1 3/8". The 90 degree hose you CAN find at most auto parts stores. I bought mine at 'Kragens' it was a little long; so You trim it to length. $7.00. I can't see anybody exchanging the 1 3/8" tubes for something smaller?? Did You Measure acurately?? If you can't find 1 3/8" hose, Buy 1 1/2" You only have to 'Clamp' it down 1/8th Inch to get it to seal. Perhaps your hose IS 1 1/2" and therefore looks too large for the pipes. Just clamp them down tight, use 2 clamps at each hose end. When you get to where your replacing the 2 heater hoses under the dash; you will find that you need hoses that must go from the (Console Tubes) at 3/4" down to the Heater core tubes which are 5/8". You'll probably never find such an animal, I looked! So You use a 3/4" hose and clamp it down the 1/8th Inch to fit tight to the smaller tube. The water pump INLET is 2.0" That hose comes off a METAL gooseneck Tube(in Later Cars) from the lower tube (drivers side) at 1 3/8" and has a 2.0" coupling welded on the top end to match with the 2.0" hose to the W. Pump. That hose is aprox. 5.0" to 6.0" in length. Earlier cars had a 'Double 90 Degree' Hose instead of the metal goosneck, the bottom end was 1 3/8" with the Top rubber being 2.0" to meet with the Water Pump. The 1 1/2" and 2.0" 'Standard Size' hoses are NOT dificult to locate! The 1 3/8" will take some Hunting, but I have found ALL I needed at 'Kragens' and 'Napa auto parts'; They DID let me go in the 'Back' and search and Measure everything! Good-Luck with it!...