[DeTomaso] Anyone used coolant hose from McMaster?

[Garth Rodericks]

FWIW, the silicone hoses were optional on SSP Mustangs, and the California Highway Patrol did not use them; although I don't know if that holds true for all years (1982-1993). One thing to bear in mind is that the Pantera engine compartment is a lot tighter than the Fox body Mustang and hasmore potential objects to contact or rub your radiator hoses. But, I do know at least one person who uses silicone hoses and hasn't reported any problems.

Cheers!
Garth



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From: corey price <coreyjprice at gmail.com>
To: Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>; detomaso at list.realbig.com
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Anyone used coolant hose from McMaster?

I may not know what I'm talking about, but I owned an old highway patrol 5.0 Mustang that ran light blue silicone hoses from the factory, and never replaced them.  The car had 190k miles when I sold it and never had a problem with the hoses.

Just my 2 cents.




On Jun 24, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Garth Rodericks wrote:

> One more thought on hose...
> 
> Don't use Silicone hose. It's very susceptible to cuts and abrasion which will cause it 
> 
> to quickly split through. You also need special lined clamps when using silicone hose 
> 
> as standard worm screw clamps will slice into the hose, rendering it useless.
> 
> Others may disagree with me, but the tried and true industrial rubber hoses like Gates 
> 
> Green Stripe (Napa yellow stripe and those from McMaster Carr or Grainger) are much more 
> 
> durable and resistant to the kind of abuse, vibration, and possible abrasion they're 
> 
> likely to encounter under your car and in the engine compartment.
> 
> YMMV,
> Garth
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