[V8] upper radiator hose

[Dave Head]

Back from the connection, toward the radiator. I cut mine back and 
barely had enough to get it back on to limp it home, where the hanger 
queen gave up another new part (hadn't even put it on yet!)...

Kneale Brownson wrote:

>Group buy?
>
>What does "back from the passenger side head connection" mean.  Back toward
>the radiator, back toward the head?  I'm thinking I'd like to figure out a
>way to splice it back together with clamps and some copper plumbing if it
>burst on the road.
>
>At 02:40 PM 7/27/2004 -0400, Dave Head wrote:
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>>I'll shortly be ordering 'another' hose from Bruce.
>>1st one - Son's 80K 91 V8q - babied and garaged all its life
>>2nd one - 92 V8q, 190+K miles
>>3rd one - 90 V8q, tornado red - owned since 75K
>>
>>All failed at exactly the same place - 1.5" back from the passenger side 
>>head connection, cracked internally, then burst.
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