On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 6:45 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > .... It > is no big deal to splice them with marine hose, 1 1/4". Even with smooth > pipe ends the hose will stay since there is nowhere for it to go like it > might if it was a hose on just one bare end.
As per Mark and Craigs post, to help stem possible leaks, I double clamped all coolant hoses with smooth copper transitions using *all* SS clamps. Works fine. I tightened outer clamps, then inners (at end of hose). Maybe a pointless procedure, but I figured it works the rubber "in" toward hose end instead of "out". If that makes sense. And since you're using them over..... I bet the metal is thick enough that a bead could be welded around the ends to be spliced. Likely not too many clams to do so.
Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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