Radiator Hose

[sj9ers]

Hi. I am in the process of installing a northern aluminum radiator in my mustang and need a way to make my radiator hoses fit similar to the way adapters are used in this photo. does anyone kno how i would go about this and where to buy them?

thanks

 

[BullittStangV8]

What I did is that I just took a coat hanger, cut off the top and bent it straight. Then, I re-bent the coat hanger in the shape that I would need a radiator hose. I measured the tube's diameter, then I went to napa with my now shaped coathanger, and went in the back where they keep all the radiator hoses and just found one that was shaped like my wire. In my case, the wire matched up well with a segment of a larger hose, and I just cut the hose as needed to get the length and shape I was after.

 

[jeffnoel]

You could go with the stainless flexcool hoses and bend them any shape you need.

 

[grego37]

thanks

 

[Tim65GT]

Hi. I am in the process of installing a northern aluminum radiator in my mustang and need a way to make my radiator hoses fit similar to the way adapters are used in this photo. does anyone kno how i would go about this and where to buy them?

Hey, that picture looks familiar

BullittStangV8:
What I did is that I just took a coat hanger, cut off the top and bent it straight. Then, I re-bent the coat hanger in the shape that I would need a radiator hose. I measured the tube's diameter, then I went to napa with my now shaped coathanger, and went in the back where they keep all the radiator hoses and just found one that was shaped like my wire. In my case, the wire matched up well with a segment of a larger hose, and I just cut the hose as needed to get the length and shape I was after.

That's what I did too. Except I couldn't find one that was exactly what I needed.
That piece of chrome in the pic is actually a brass drain pipe I had from leftover plumbing under my kitchen sink. I used it to extend the hose. It's kinda like that on the bottom, but I have a Hose drain plug adapter pipe in there from Summit.
Just look through your local home store plumbing area!

 

[D.Hearne]

You can always get some stainless exhaust tubing and do the same thing.

 

[302 coupe]

heres mine...top hose is from a 73 bronco with a 302, fits perfect.