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

Larry Stock larrys at panteraparts.com
Mon Mar 20 19:47:25 EDT 2017


I have them in stock, just give me a call @ 1-800-DeTomaso and I will have
one to you in two days shipping time.
Larry Stock PPC NV

On 3/20/17, 4:13 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Charles Engles"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of cengles at cox.net>
wrote:

>Dear Mike,
>
>
>                       Today's chapter
>
>
>                       I called my local NAPA big store and warehouse with
>the NAPA part number NBH 7571.    They consistently disappoint me.  They
>didn't have one in the warehouse.   I gave up.
>
>                       I called Dennis Quella.   Dennis said that it has
>become increasingly more difficult for them to obtain the short ninety
>degree hose.   If I understand him correctly, they did cut up other hoses
>(NBH 7571?) to have the desired hose, but that has also become
>problematic.
>
>                      They now sell silicon hose with the proper special
>clamps to prevent damage to the hose.   Of course, it does cost more than
>base, old rubber, but it is more readily available.
>
>                     I did inquire about the option of two short straight
>segments with a ninety degree metal connection.  Dennis did not feel that
>was an optimal solution.
>
>                      So, I have sold out to silicon!   Thanks to all for
>the help.
>
>
>                                                Warmest regards,  Chuck
>Engles
>
> 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Drew [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com]
>Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 6:56 PM
>To: Charles Engles
>Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Techno question: L Pantera lower engine right
>angle
>cooling hose
>
>Chuck,
>
>It's not a mix-up. If its done its done intentionally. Like the pipe
>around
>the shift lever, it's seen as a superior solution.
>
>Mike
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On Mar 19, 2017, at 15:09, "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Dear Mike,
>> 
>> 
>>                     I have not had a problem with that mix-up in my
>> dealings with DQ at PPC for this part in years gone by.
>> 
>> 
>>                                             Warmest regards,  Chuck
>> Engles
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Drew [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 3:43 PM
>> To: Charles Engles
>> Cc: <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>> 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" <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 <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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