[DeTomaso] Flex Water Tube to water pump

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Thanks Jack to everyone else who responded...going back to Gates Greenstripe hose connections. 

 
Mad Dawg Antenucci 
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From: "jderyke at aol.com" <jderyke at aol.com>
To: teampantera at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Mon, January 11, 2010 11:25:51 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Flex Water Tube to water pump

In a message dated 1/10/10 4:06:04 PM, teampantera at yahoo.com writes:


Has anyone used *flex-hose* to replace the short water tube that comes off water pump that requires rubber hose on both ends? ?
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>>Its  2" on one end and 1&1/2" on the other.  Both ends need short pieces of Gates rubber hose and clamps but I would like to use a *better* idea if one exists.
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Flex hose usually slows down water or air flow going through it. In '74, the factory introduced a twisty steel tube that fits around the gearshift shaft and is 2" on one end & 1-1/2" on the other. So yes- you need two short pieces of straight hose to connect it. The factory did this change from a single hose with two different diameter ends because they found very early in production that running vibration will cause the gearshift shaft to rub clear through the hose. There's a TSB (Bull. 12, article 101) covering this part -stock after May '74, and all the vendors sell copies of the factory piece- most in stainless as part of their kit. I wouldn't use a one piece rubber hose, corrugated or not here because of the rubbing problem and lack of space to reroute it. Good luck- J DeRyke