Where to get factory correct hoses?

[Xplantdad]

Where is a good place to get factory correct upper and lower radiator hoses? Do they make reproductions that have the GM part numbers on them?

I will be installing a new radiator sometime next week...time permitting, so I'd like to change the hoses out, too!


Any suggestions?

[drdave69]

Which car? If a Camaro, Ricks, Year One or D&R will have them.

[Xplantdad]

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Which car? If a Camaro, Ricks, Year One or D&R will have them.

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Duh...it's a 1966 SS 396 Chevelle. I found some on the National Parts Depot website...next question is...which size tower clamps does it use...2 1/16 or 2 5/16?

[Seattle Sam]

Bruce,
That car is nothing but trouble for you. Why don't you let me do you a favor and take it off your hands, it should run fine up here in the cool Pacific Northwest....


Seriously, be sure to get a lower rad hose with a spring inside, to prevent it from sucking flat when hot. If your new hose doesn't have the spring, you should be able to pull it out of the old one and slide it in...


-Sam

[Xplantdad]

Thanks Sam...but I'll keep it for a while.

It'll just have a bit of a rest for a few weeks...I work for the next couple of weeks straight...

Bob...They probably did to get return business...not!

[olredalert]

Bruce,

--------Use Ground-Up!!! Nice to meet you at B/J by the way.......Bill S

[Enoch]

Bruce. The clamp on the water pump is the largest, 2 5/16. The 2 upper clamps are the smaller, 2 1/16. And I forget if the lower one on the radiator is the same size as the upper???

[SS427]

And if you want to get real anal you can dust the hoses in baby powder when completed to replicate the manufacturer's mold release. Sorry, I am one of them........

[mssl72]

While we're on the hose/clamp thing. Who has the correct size water-pump bypass hose clamps? I can't seem to find the right size.

[Z-11 396]

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