Heater Hose Tubes

[palerider94]

There is a metal tube running accross the top of my manifold used to connect heater hoses. I've got a 302 1970. Tube is pretty much shot. All I can find is a tube for a 351C that looks like it but at $54 buck thru NPD seems a little steep. I could replace it and run hose. Just don't like the idea of a hose sitting on top of my manifold. Any ideas would be appreciated - thanks

 

[mustangman1974]

hmmm you talking about the fitting near the thermostat housing? If so I paid like 5 bucks for mine at larry's thunderbird.

 

[bnickel]

yeah they are kind of hard to come by. you can actually make one out of 5/8" od steel tubing, you could even use aluminum or copper if you wanted. just save the little hold down clamp from your old one so you can bolt it back down correctly. just make sure to to put a flare or something at the end so the hose doesn't slip off

 

[palerider94]

Thanks - looks like that is what I'll need to do. The old tab is spot welded - probably could fab something though. thanks

 

[66HertzClone]

I used a 3' length of 5/8 stainless steel tubing to run mine. I went to the auto parts store and rummaged thru the molded heater hose selection and bought a few different pieces. When I had the Air Gap intake, I had two tubes running front to back just about the length of the valve cover. I used a 90 degree molded hose to connect to the heater fitting on the intake and another molded to connect the other tube to the water pump. I used some plastic tube supports from these guys, http://www.made4uproducts.com/T-Clamps.htm and bent some aluminum strap to support them. I used intake manifold bolts to hold it in place. I had the heater box out of the car so it was easy to find molded hoses for the back connections to.

 

[68RCodeConv]

I used a piece of copper tubing I got at Home Depot (plumbing section).

 

[candy-a-Mach1]

There is a metal tube running accross the top of my manifold used to connect heater hoses. I've got a 302 1970. Tube is pretty much shot. All I can find is a tube for a 351C that looks like it but at $54 buck thru NPD seems a little steep. I could replace it and run hose. Just don't like the idea of a hose sitting on top of my manifold. Any ideas would be appreciated - thanks

Let me know if you are interested in something like this. It uses two aluminum tubes, held apart by a plastic bracket. The A/C valve is optional.

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=529530

I can hook you up with aluminum tubing and formed hoses for half that price. I work for a company that makes 100 million of them a year. I agree: the old rubber hose accross the intake or strapped to the shock tower just didn't appeal to me either.

 

[palerider94]

That looks good! I'm going to try and clean up the old one - sanded and painted. It still has some slight pitting - If it leaks I will definitely very interested. thanks