Thread: Hose Connector?

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I had a steel connector without beads in the upper hose on my Olds. After blowing the hose twice I bought the Speedway connector. No problem since.

Roger - are you trying to connect that odd angled SB Ford water outlet to the radiator? If so, there are 90* versions available that will make life easier - but I'll be dammed if I recall where mine came from - might be the Ford SVT.

Lowes - look in the irrigation plumbing. I seem to recall some aluminum fittings similar to the PEX (Home Depot locally, for me has a better selection of that kind of 'stuff', but if there isn't one near you.....)

Originally Posted by IC2

Roger - are you trying to connect that odd angled SB Ford water outlet to the radiator? If so, there are 90* versions available that will make life easier - but I'll be dammed if I recall where mine came from - might be the Ford SVT.

Lowes - look in the irrigation plumbing. I seem to recall some aluminum fittings similar to the PEX (Home Depot locally, for me has a better selection of that kind of 'stuff', but if there isn't one near you.....)

Dave,
Yes, the water neck points up ~30 degrees, my radiator neck tilts down ~10 degrees (radiator laid back), I have ~2" horizontal offset and the vertical CTC on hoses is ~10". I took a hose with a "flat Z" shape, angles about 45 but the vertical was too long by about 2". Found a 1.5" thinwall sink drain 4" long that fits perfect to sleeve the hose. Then I started trimming ends to get the fit perfect and took too much off of the bottom one which put the hose into the throttle cable. Looks like I'm going to buy another hose like I had and try again.

Originally Posted by Wingman9

I had a steel connector without beads in the upper hose on my Olds. After blowing the hose twice I bought the Speedway connector. No problem since.

My hoses are pretty short and very constrained so I am hoping that the smooth tube works for me. My problem is I do not have 6" of straight run in either hose to use the Speedway fittings. The 4" that I used makes the hoses very hard to flex into place. I will definitely watch them for the first season to see if they slip any. I would like to find a shorter beaded connector.l

This is a SBF 90* and with a Cool Flex hose:

(and it really isn't that dusty any longer)