That's a good idea! I'm temped... I think you have just devised a plan B
for me.
The only thing that I would have concerns about is the heat behind there,
being between the manifold and engine it's going to get pretty hot, could
the rubber melt?
--- "Graziano, Michael" <michael.graziano@csfb.com> wrote: > I used a
piece of coolant hose over that entrire piece to cure the rust
> and
> leaking problem. My pipe is only about 2inches long on either end,
> the
> rest was cut out and replaced by the hose.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hobson [mailto:goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk]
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 11:20 AM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: bloody knuckles and water leaks
>
>
> After having spent most of the weekend draining the cooling system and
> fitting new hoses (sounds simple), by the end of the weekend I had
> managed to achieve a leakier cooling system than I had at the
> beginning!
> This was largely due to a replacement pipe that runs underneath the
> manifold, that I got from Spitfire Graveyard once I realised that the
> old
> one was toast, had more holes in it hidden beneath the rust than a bad
> road in Sheffield. Much JBWeld later and I thought I had it sorted,
> reconnected everything and put the raditor cleaner in and there were
> many
> little streams of water running down the engine. bugger. Removed pipe
> and put even more JBWeld on and found a couple more small rust holes
> that
> I had missed. I will try again tonight and am hopeful that I may have
> it
> sorted this time...hopefully remaining leaks will be cured with the
> radiator leak stopper stuff that I'll add tonight.
>
> I also managed to get scaped, bloody and bruised hands, largely
> attibuted
> to my neighbour's spanner snapping in my hand when trying to undo a
> nut,
> I'm sure you all have similar storys, probably a rite of passage in the
> world of amateur car mechanics!
>
> My replacement water pump gasket arrived today, but that may have to
> wait
> for a bit as I'm running out of time this week. Fingers crossed and I
> should have her back on the road for the TSSC International this
> weekend...
>
> cheers
> John
> http://www.spit1500.co.uk/
>
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