My last batch of TRF green hoses lasted ten years with no problems. I
just replaced them this year because a) it has been ten years, and b)
they were finally starting to swell. Oh, and I replaced them with TRF
green hoses.
Joe
72 TR6
Chip19474@aol.com wrote:
> I just recently replaced my green hoses on the TR6. They were put on new
> in 2002 as part of my restoration. We used them because I thought it would
> be nice to try to keep some level of originality even though my engine is
> modified and very obviously not stock!
>
> I replaced the hoses with stock black hoses from Moss because the green
> hoses cracked badly and swelled up like sausages. When I worked at a local
> shop a few years back, we used many, many black hoses from Moss and never
> had a customer complaint. However, I have seen a few cars fitted with green
> hoses very recently and the texture and feel of these green hoses seems to
> be more compliant.....it could be that today's new green hoses are produced
> with different (and better??) materials....maybe other fokks can give their
> feedback on the newer green hoses.
>
> To answer your question, the black Moss hoses work well, last well, and fit
> well.
>
> Chip Krout
> Delaware Valley Triumphs, Ltd.
> Skippack, PA
> 1976 TR6 CF57822U
>
>
> In a message dated 8/22/2009 3:31:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> pdqtr6@suscom-maine.net writes:
>
> Has anyone had actual on-car experience with the Moss hoses? Is there a
> down side to them or are they equivalent to the TRF green hoses?
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