[DeTomaso] Techno question: L Pantera lower engine right angle cooling hose

[Mike Drew]

Chuck,

All the hoses are the same size, except for the one that connects to the water pump which is larger at the water pump end. 

Significantly, the vendor water hose and pipe kits do away with that two-diameter hose, replacing it with a two-diameter metal pipe, joined to the system with two short lengths of straight hose. (This was the stock arrangement on the L model and later cars).

Similarly, the oddly shaped hose you are referring to is replaced with a simple 90-degree bent pipe and two short lengths of straight hose. 

Mike

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> On Mar 19, 2017, at 12:49, Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>   Dear Forum,
> 
> 
> 
>                           I am starting an engine  install and I was
>   gathering new coolant hose at NAPA.   I thought that the lower engine
>   ninety degree coolant hose would be easy to find there.   I presumed
>   that it was 1 3/8".
> 
> 
>                           I was disappointed because NAPA did not have
>   any hoses that would begin to fit the bill.   The counter expert also
>   told  me that the hose is an odd size.
> 
> 
> 
>                           In my opinion the "odd size" was due to being
>   ever so slightly askew in the normal Pantera engine coolant hose
>   position and the rubber deformed over fifteen years.
> 
> 
> 
>                           The Dumb Techno Question: the hose in question
>   is a 1 3/8" hose----right?
> 
> 
> 
> 
>                                                            Warmest
>   regards,  Chuck Engles
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