I still have some of my original yellow striped hoses. I was going to
try to clean them up and reuse them, but was advised not to do that, and
a couple got cut when the engine was dismantled when I wasn't looking
:-) As I remember them as new, I agree with Kai, they were bright
yellow. Mine are dirty and faded now.
Never thought of making some, but I might like to give it a try. Might
be faster than waiting for the green ones from TRF -- 6 months or so and
counting.
Don Malling
Kai M. Radicke wrote:
> Gary Fuqua wrote:
>
>
>>No idea on TRF. Guess I should call Charles or John and ask. I have
>>thought about the making of some. I actually have gone so far as to find
>>some yellow tape but no idea how it would hold up with the heat. The
>>only originals I have seen were not a very bright yellow, couldn't
tell if
>
> it
>
>>was due to age, heat or just the color. If I decide to try the made up
>>route I will let the list know how it turns out.
>
>
> They are relatively bright yellow when new, however the hoses did have a
> transparent coating over the yellow which becomes brittle and brown with
> age. The result is that the coating flakes off, taking quite a bit
of the
> yellow stripe with it. I have an NOS TR250 / early TR6 servo hose
with the
> single yellow stripe and it is such a shame to look at it and see the
> brittle coating and know that it used to be a pristine hose 35 years ago.
>
> That said, you can make your own. Power British in Norristown should be
> able to make you a set, as they did for a customer's TR250. From what I
> remember during the time I was employed there, yellow Plasticote was
used to
> form the stripes. The Plasticote was formed in a relatively long line on
> wax paper to the correct width of the yellow spiral lines. Once the
> Plasticote had cured it was pealed from the wax paper and carefully
applied
> in a seamless pattern all the way around the radiator hoses, taking
care to
> maintain the correct spacing. I can not recall what adhesive was
used for
> this though. The end result was very impressive... although all I could
> think of at the time was that it was incredibly obsessive to try and
> recreate a radiator hose that will perish in a few years anyway. I
can not
> comment on the durability of this method either, as the Fall semester had
> already started for me and I have not seen that particular TR250 since.
>
> When I locate my servo hose, I will post an image of the hose so that
anyone
> who wants can try and color match as closely as possible to the original
> yellow (within the color display limits of your monitor and video card).
>
> Kai
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