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Old 04-07-2009, 11:37 PM
throne7 throne7 is offline
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Originally Posted by Gilly View Post
There is a stub on the cylinder head that the hose attaches to, and a stub on the water pump, that hose is only bridging a gap of less than 1/4", so there is no way to wiggle the hose in between the pump and head, the water pump comes off to replace that hose. Also note that is a special hose that comes from Mercedes (fairly cheap), the size on each side is different, there is a "step" in sizes from the pump to the head.
Gilly
Yep, I bought the by-pass hose today for $11.75CAD. The diameter is larger on one end. I guess I won't use it after all, I will just tighten the existing hose without another clamp.
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