87 5ktq upper rad hose ID

Doyt W. Echelberger Doyt at nwonline.net
Fri Mar 2 21:58:21 EST 2001


I need to know the inside diameter  of both ends of the upper radiator hose.

I'm trying to cobble a temporary upper radiator hose for my 87 5ktq, and 
the car is outside and it is cold and dark, and I can't go out there and 
take off the old leaking hose and measure the inside diameter.

If one of you knows that dimension, I can walk up to the hardware store and 
buy a short length of radiator hose of the correct inside diameter, and 
also buy a coupler that same size, and have something that will keep my car 
running until Tuesday or Wednesday next week, when the correct dealer part 
gets here.......probably.   I ordered it today along with a new banjo 
fitting-plus-short-hose  for the feed to the turbo cooling circuit.

I have a Krazy Glue cloth patch on that hose, which had a quarter inch 
split in it.  Both these hoses started leaking at the same time, and I 
spent two hours on a side street in a strange city trying to patch them up 
well enough to get home.

So, I'm gathering info and planning how to best use my time on Saturday 
morning, when the stores open up.   And that inside diameter info will be 
real helpful.

Doyt Echelberger



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