[urq] Igloo Hose Repost ...

[Michael Williams]

if i remember correctly, the hose is a 2.5" ID at the top, where it 
connects to the igloo, and 2.25" (MAYBE 2") where it connects to the 
large side of the metal reducer...

what i ended up doing was getting a 2.5" ID length of galvanized (if i 
remember correctly) pipe, cut it to ABOUT 8", used two sections of 3" x 
2.5" ID aircraft rubber hosing (what was left over from what the 
original owner had in the car, which would collapse under boost and i 
gave it some structural integrity with some metal ducting for heating 
ducts), w/ concentrically smaller ID hosings that eventually made it 
down to the correct ID to mate w/ the metal elbo...  i did it this way 
because the previous owner had it set up like this, and it acutally 
seemed to work pretty well... with all the oil that ends up coating 
that hose, it degraded the rubber in such a way as to cause it to sort 
of 'bond' together and form a nice, cohesive, airtight seal...

yup.
MW
On Nov 4, 2004, at 4:15 PM, Buchholz, Steven wrote:

> ... my pleasure!  I did add the topic to the urq area of the audifans
> knowledgebase too ...
>
> The diameter change is effected by the metal piece at the lower end of
> the hose.  My plan, should I need to do this is to simply use the metal
> end of the donor hose, slide Aircraft Spruce stuff over it and add a
> hose clamp at the bottom to keep it in place ... perhaps with a bit of
> non-setting Hylomar sealant if I'm feeling paranoid ...
>
> I took measurements of the IDs, but for some reason the info isn't in 
> my
> "notes" folder.  I've got my old hose sitting free in the garage, so it
> is pretty easy to take pix or measurements ... let me know if you need
> anything along those lines ...
>
> Steve B
> San Jose, CA (USA)
>>
>> Thank you for the re-post Steve! I found the material with
>> the P/N on the Aircraft Spruce site. I'm wondering, though,
>> how best to deal with the different size fittings top and
>> bottom.
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