Willie Bifulco
Veteran Member
- Apr 13, 2020
- 125
I decided to change all the heater hoses. Some were date stamped over 30 years ago, so I guess I got my $$$ worth. The last hose is the one in this picture on the right. THe picture was taken from the front of the car looking into the pass side of the engine bay. And as you can see, this hose goes through the firewall. In order to remove it, do I need to take the inner fender off or just far enough to get a hand in there? IS there a different/better way? TIA Willie
UPDATE...what started out as a simple (so I thought) addition of a radiator overflow tank led to yet another trip down the rabbit hole
. With a new puppy @ the house, eliminating the infrequent coolant purge on the garage floor needed to not happen any longer. So why not change all the radiator & heater hoses...and as long as I'm there, why not change the thermostat? And wouldn't it be better if I changed the hose clamps back to original-looking clamps? And since I'm going down this path, that 53-yr old heater control valve probably could use replacement along with a repaint of the thermostat housing unit. Well after about 5 trips to the local landfill with my green & rust filled gallons of questionable coolant, I decided to invest some time yesterday to change the last heater hose. Yeah, no. I must admit, I'm beaten . After endless trips to local auto parts stores searching for the right size overflow tank hoses, misplaced screws resulting in more trips to the local auto parts store, a failed clamp leading to a spectacular display of hot cascading green coolant just about everywhere, I'm beaten. Yep, after removing most all the inner fender screws and trying to pry the inner fender away to get anything in there, much less my arm, it just wasn't going to happen. So after about 90 minutes, I abandoned all hope (for now), a little defeated, but decided attending to that much neglected "honey do" list couldn't possibly be as hard. Well, I was wrong. But at least I still have all the hair on my arms!
UPDATE...what started out as a simple (so I thought) addition of a radiator overflow tank led to yet another trip down the rabbit hole
. With a new puppy @ the house, eliminating the infrequent coolant purge on the garage floor needed to not happen any longer. So why not change all the radiator & heater hoses...and as long as I'm there, why not change the thermostat? And wouldn't it be better if I changed the hose clamps back to original-looking clamps? And since I'm going down this path, that 53-yr old heater control valve probably could use replacement along with a repaint of the thermostat housing unit. Well after about 5 trips to the local landfill with my green & rust filled gallons of questionable coolant, I decided to invest some time yesterday to change the last heater hose. Yeah, no. I must admit, I'm beaten . After endless trips to local auto parts stores searching for the right size overflow tank hoses, misplaced screws resulting in more trips to the local auto parts store, a failed clamp leading to a spectacular display of hot cascading green coolant just about everywhere, I'm beaten. Yep, after removing most all the inner fender screws and trying to pry the inner fender away to get anything in there, much less my arm, it just wasn't going to happen. So after about 90 minutes, I abandoned all hope (for now), a little defeated, but decided attending to that much neglected "honey do" list couldn't possibly be as hard. Well, I was wrong. But at least I still have all the hair on my arms!
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