upper radiator hose
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Kevin Varnes
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I replaced an upper radiator hose on one of my friend's '97 3.8 T-Birds. I seem to recall that one section being longer as shown in your pictures. When I installed it it was quite close to the A/C compressor pulley. A week later or so it rubbed through and I put another one on from a different source (can't remember where now). Not sure on the brand names, but I'm pretty sure the first hose came from AutoZone.
7birdslater
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I just went through this with a hose for a 5.0 F150. In the end, I just cut about 3 inches off one end and an inch off the other, and it fit without rubbing on anything. I guess some trimming might be required. Cuts easily with a sharp knife.
Kevin Varnes said:
Same thing happened to me except it was a Goodyear hose (expensive) and Ford had installed it.
I pulled into a gas station and noticed a pool of coolant under my car. I got a replacement one from Checker and just pushed it farther onto the thermostat housing tube so that it cleared the AC pulley.P.S. I really need to stop going to that Ford service dept. They only pressure tested 4 of the 6 cylinders when trying to diagnose my coolant loss issue b/c the other two were too hard to get to.
Parker Dean
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Welcome to the world of part number consolidation.
Where the manufacturer may have a dozen variations of a single part to fit the various combinations of their cars, the aftermarket will try to make do with one part to cover them all.
Where the manufacturer may have a dozen variations of a single part to fit the various combinations of their cars, the aftermarket will try to make do with one part to cover them all.