I have a bit of recent experience with coolant hoses. In fact, the entire Billy Bones saga is related to coolant components. I purchased Billy back in the fall. When I got him he was leaking from several places, and so I simply replaced several hoses. Then another one ruptured, then another. Finally, on my way back to Oklahoma from North Carolina, at 3:30 am I ruptured that S-shaped hose on the right head, overheated the engine and got stranded in middle Tennesses. After several days, I got the bus to my sister's home near Nashville. A couple of more days passed before I finally borrowed a car and drove on to Oklahoma. Two weeks later I talked a friend of mine into driving the 700 miles to Tennesses to fetch my bus. Now I've installeld a new engine (and EVERY dang coolant component there is that I could find!). Moral of the story. I would be happy to go back in time several months and pay $500 for hoses. That would be cheap compared to the thousands of dollars and countless hours I've spent laboring under Billy Bones for the past several months. Warren Lail 88 Westy "Billy Bones" 87 GL "Long John" |
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