Thanks for the tip. I managed to get the hose on with the help of a small
nail prying tool last night. It took a lot of prying and twisting, but I
finally got it on. Forcing the hose to compress, like that, must have put a
lot of pressure against the radiator and the thermostat housing. I'm lucky
nothing broke! I'm sure shortening the hose would have helped immensely.
BTW, I wonder if there is a more flexible replacement that could be had from
some source? The reproduction hose is so heavy duty, I bet it could hold 200
lbs of pressure. (And our radiator pressure is zero!)
Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@comcast.net
Cars: 52 MGTD - #17639
71 MGB - #GHN5UB254361
Member: NEMGTR #11470
NAMGBR # 7-3336
Hoosier MGB Club
Olde Octagons of Indiana
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Seim" <kingseim@earthlink.net>
To: "Bob Donahue" <bobmgtd@comcast.net>
Cc: <Mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] TD top radiator hose replacement
> 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)
>> Email - bobmgtd@comcast.net
>> Cars: 52 MGTD - #17639
>> 71 MGB - #GHN5UB254361
>> Member: NEMGTR #11470
>> NAMGBR # 7-3336
>> Hoosier MGB Club
>> Olde Octagons of Indiana
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