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(i.e. it now bleeds straight down, instead of all over the engine bay...)
>>> EPIC FAIL on the pressure test! <<< (i.e. do NOT put muffler tape in your roadside repair kit)
Despite filing down the jagged edges of the 1/4" (actually 3/8") tee until flush with the main 5/8" bore,
Despite leaving the custom-trimmed Tiger Patch out in the hot sun for 15 minutes (hey, it's 1,900degF MUFFLER tape),
Despite TIGHTLY wrapping it with at least 8 laps, each turn thumb-jammed into the gaping maw,
Despite letting it "set up" for 10 hours before stressing it...
... it performed like a piece of plywood held 3 feet from an open fire hydrant...
PS: It appears the heater hoses are flowing even with t-stat CLOSED, amirite?
Forget about the Tee fittings, connect heater hose from the water pump to the lower intake ports (the two 5/8” fittings). It’s a heater core bypass at that point and will work just fine until you can do something else
I wanted to see how tape is going to patch a heater hose.
>>> EPIC FAIL on the pressure test! <<< (i.e. do NOT put muffler tape in your roadside repair kit)
Despite filing down the jagged edges of the 1/4" (actually 3/8") tee until flush with the main 5/8" bore,
Despite leaving the custom-trimmed Tiger Patch out in the hot sun for 15 minutes (hey, it's 1,900degF MUFFLER tape),
Despite TIGHTLY wrapping it with at least 8 laps, each turn thumb-jammed into the gaping maw,
Despite letting it "set up" for 10 hours before stressing it...
... it performed like a piece of plywood held 3 feet from an open fire hydrant...
PS: It appears the heater hoses are flowing even with t-stat CLOSED, amirite?
There should be a way to route it to clear the hood. I have done it before, but so far only on an 89. Although he hood appears to be pretty much tight against the top of the intake in most of these trucks there actually is a little clearance. You can use as long of a hose as you need to make the bypass as well, doesn’t have to be the shortest piece in the world. I’m actually kicking around ideas for modifying the heater hoses for a couple of my trucks, like adding a bypass for the heater core to my 92 and a total revamp of the hose setup in my 2000 thats getting the V8 because I don’t like the rusty flattened bends to the stock setupEddo: COOL TOOL!... but probably only for annealed (soft temper) tubing. All my scraps are the hard kind (L-weight) used in water plumbing, not HVAC/refrigeration.
cbxer55: You mean it worked as well as using a chain link fence to control skeeters? Or a stupid fabric mask to control a "virus"?
Or a condom made of gauze on prom night?... yeah, you get the idea...
lil_Blue_Ford: ... connect heater hose from the water pump to the lower intake port... Yeah, once I stopped over-thinking it, that's one of the short-cuts I'm not sure will clear the hood... will re-evaluate when I have some daylight. (Secretly I've always wanted to drive around for a few days in air-conditioned comfort--with the hood and the BED removed!... makes civilians lose their minds.)
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