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

[Mike Drew]

Julian,

Ack, no. That's the water pump inlet hose. He is talking about the 90 degree (almost) hose that connects the outlet pipe from the bottom of the pressure tank to the right-side under-car pipe. 

The flaw in the water pump inlet hose is that it can rub on the shift linkage which wears a hole in it. Replacing a fat hose with a skinny pipe solves that problem. L-model and later cars came from the factory that way. 

Mike

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> On Mar 19, 2017, at 14:03, Ken Green via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
>   Do you mean this tube?  I have a very vague recollection that metal was
>   preferred because the rubber hose might collapse due to being hot and
>   so close to the water pump inlet?
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>   From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   To: Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
>   Cc: "<detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>"
>   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 1:43 PM
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Techno question: L Pantera lower engine right
>   angle cooling hose
>   Chuck,
>   If you try to order that alone from a vendor what you will likely get
>   is a metal 90 and two straight sections of hose.
>   Mike
>   Sent from my iPhone
>>   On Mar 19, 2017, at 13:22, "Charles Engles" <[1]cengles at cox.net> wrote:
>> Dear Mike, Chuck and Bud,
>> 
>> 
>>               See below:
>> 
>> 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.
>> $$$$$$  Right.  All are 1 3/8"----except the water pump piece which
>   is 1
>> 3/4" diameter.
>> 
>> 
>> Significantly, the vendor water hose and pipe kits do away with that
>> two-diameter hose, replacing it with a two-diameter metal pipe,
>   joined to
>> the system with two short lengths of straight hose. (This was the
>   stock
>> arrangement on the L model and later cars).
>> $$$$$$$  Right, that is the arrangement on the L models and that
>   isn't the
>> hose in question.  It is the other one on the right side of the
>   engine that
>> is a formed 90 degree bend 1 3/8" hose.
>> 
>> 
>> Similarly, the oddly shaped hose you are referring to is replaced
>   with a
>> simple 90-degree bent pipe and two short lengths of straight hose.
>> $$$$$$    Hmmm.  I think that I will fall back on PPC and order
>   another
>> one.  They've worked well for me for decades.    I am amazed that a
>   big NAPA
>> store with warehouse attached did not have one...or even on that
>   could be
>> adapted or shortened to work.  Sigh.
>> 
>> 
>>                 Thanks all.
>> 
>> 
>>                                     Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Mar 19, 2017, at 12:49, Charles Engles <[2]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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