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Re: heater hoses

To: fred thomas <vafred@erols.com>
Subject: Re: heater hoses
From: Andy <adixon@loudoun.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 16:44:25 -0500 (EST)
Cc: Malcolm Walker <walker05@camosun.bc.ca>, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
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I must agree with Fred, Just do it right the first time.  They're far too much 
trouble to replace to have to do it twice in a short period of time.
Andy

On 01/10/98 03:58 PM fred thomas said...
>Malcolm Walker wrote:
>> 
>> On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Joseph Sholtes wrote:
>> 
>> > > Malcolm,
>> >
>> >     I bought hoses from TRF (where is their Winter Sale Flyer anyway).
>> > It appeared the hoses, I'm assuming we're talking about the interior
>> > hoses here, are curved too much to use normal straight heater hose. I
>> > just figured, without any experimentation, that such would kink, so I 
went
>> > for the preformed, prebent hoses.   Give it try to find out for sure.
>> 
>> They're cheap enough that if the bulk hose don't work, I won't mind
>> plunking down the $15 for the set.  (you're right, I do mean the twisty
>> little hoses under the dash)
>> 
>> As for kinks, I think the bulk stuff can do a 1" radius before it kinks.
>> Not sure tho.
>> 
>> -MalcolmMalcolm, please save time, money and aggravation, do it right 
the first 
>time, the bend is to much for straight hose

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