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Old 03-31-2021, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by ROLLGUY View Post
By far the easiest and best in my opinion is to have the hose shop crimp on new hose. The hose assemblies are easier to remove/replace with the engine out, so have the hoses rebuilt before installing the new engine. I am fortunate to have a crimper, so I use A/C hose and sleeves. If I am desperate, I rebuild the hoses while they are in the car by grinding off the old sleeves and using heavy duty hose clamps (two per joint) and 5/8 hydraulic hose. Although I have never had a failure doing it this way, it is still best to rebuild the hoses out of the car, and with crimped on sleeves....Rich
If someone rebuilds the hoses you need to remind them to be sure to index the hoses properly. Also do US Hose shops have metric hoses?
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