[DeTomaso] Gates Green Stripe Hose

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

I will say out of all the Pantera's in Ashville, Larry and I had commented
on how well they all ran. We stopped once for some one with vapor lock and
that was it. It was a great demonstration of well sorted out 40 year old
cars.

Gary


> my mix during the recent refurb project was 1 gallon full strength
> Prestone,  1 bottle Water Wetter, 2 gallons Distilled water. Mixed in up
> in
> a 5 gal bucket first ( just because ).
>
> added just a touch more water to top it off.
>
> Works like a champ,  even during hard driving at 4500 ft altitude only hit
> 200 once, remains 170- 180 at sea level.
>
> Michael Shortt
> On Jun 24, 2011 5:32 PM, <gow2 at rc-tech.net> wrote:
>> I ran Evans in the MG for a while. It actually did not cool as well. The
>> only way you would know is if a cooling system is having a hard time
>> keeping up which the MG was at the time. It struggled more with Evans.
>>
>> The advantage obviously being a no pressure system and a system which
>> eliminates hot spots since boiling point is so much higher.
>>
>> There were a couple other issues I had with it. On the road if you have
>> a
>> leak you are very limited on what you can add. I needed to drain the
>> system a couple times for different reasons and it was a pain collecting
>> the stuff (too expensive to flush). Even harder on a Pantera.
>>
>> Third, I read about a couple crashes where drivers got burned when it
>> spilled an ignited! It is evidently quite flammable.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
>>> Thanks Garth,
>>>
>>>    I am going to 1 1/2 tubes, but it's a little more complicated.  I am
>>> trying Evans Coolant which may operate at a higher temperature.  The
>>> McMaster black w/green stripe is only rated to 212.  Maybe they just
>>> used
>>> boiling temp, but I'm not real happy with that. The Gates green stripe
>>> PN
>>> 96556 is rated to 275, but Gates also has a green stripe PN 24924 only
>>> rated to 257, suggesting that there are at least two varieties of Gates
>>> Green Stripe.
>>>
>>>     They are not making it simple.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>> --- On Fri, 6/24/11, Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>
>>> Subject: Gates Green Stripe Hose
>>> To: "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com>, "DeTomaso Mail List"
>>> <detomaso at realbig.com>
>>> Date: Friday, June 24, 2011, 11:55 AM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ken,
>>>
>>> The Pantera water tubes are 1-3/8", assuming they haven't been changed
>>> to
>>> something different. 1-1/2" hose won't work on 1-3/8" fittings!
>>>
>>> You can force-fit 1-3/8" Gates Green Stripe hose onto 1-1/2" fittings -
>>> some of the ss water pipe conversions and the Ford/Laminova
>>> water-to-oil
>>> heat exchanger bibs are 1-1/2" OD - all you need to do to slip a 1-3/8"
>>> hose on the 1-1/2" fitting is to briefly soak the hose end(s) in hot
>>> water.
>>>
>>> The Gates Green Stripe may need to be special ordered, but a post from
>>> a
>>> year ago reported it was available from these sources:
>>>
>>> Part#     Description                Size         Source
>>> Comment
>>> 24222     2 ply green stripe    1-3/8 x 3'        CarQuest; O'Reilly's
>>> 24228     2 ply green stripe    1-3/4 x 3'        CarQuest; O'Reilly's
>>> 25384     Flex hose             1-3/8 x 25"       same
>>> Only length available, and it cannot be cut
>>> 26501     Flex hose             1-3/4 x 13-1/2    same
>>> Only length available, and it cannot be cut
>>> 26502     Flex hose             1-3/4 x 16-1/2    same
>>> Only length available, and it cannot be cut
>>>
>>>
>>> Order some Breeze HTM-200 Stainless Steel Hi-Torque hose clamps and
>>> eliminate the need to double-clamp your hoses! I ordered mine from
>>> Parts
>>> Systems ($2.95 ea):
>>>
> http://partssystems.amazonwebstore.com/Super-Heavy-Duty-HiTorque-Hose-Clamp/M/B0002QTK4O.htm?traffic_src=froogle&utm_medium=CSE&utm_source=froogle
>>>
>>>
>>> But you can find them for less with a little Google searching:
>>> $1.89 ea. here:
>>>
> http://azsupply.thomasnet.com/item/all-categories-clamps-hi-torque-clamps/torque-super-heavy-duty-clamps-410-stainless-steel/item-12842
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>> Garth #4033
>>>
>>> http://www.banzairunnerpantera.com/updates_radhose.htm
>>>
>>>
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