Brian,
The lower rad hose on my Spit ('63 - different motor mounts, I
believe), is bascially a 45 degree bend, a short straight section (3 to
6") and then another 45 degree bend. The motor mount clears the hose by
about an inch or so in the area between the two 45 bends. I would check
to see that if you've got excess oil in the area, that your motor mounts
aren't rotted and sagging too, causing the hose to chaffe. I wouold
reccommend a new gasket for the timing cover. Just take your time one
the timing cover, and you'll do fine. Best of luck...
Peter *no nuts* Ficklin
'63 & '68 Spits
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Brian Harper wrote:
>
> I'm sorry if this is a repeat, but I saw the posts on some server
>troubles
> and I never saw my post or got any responses.
>
> The bulge in the lower radiator hose finally got me worried enough
>that I
> thought I'd replace it. This hose has a piece of rubber something
> electrical taped to it so that it won't abrade against the motor mount. My
> parts Spit doesn't have anything to protect this hose; it just has a big
> scrape out of the side of the hose where the motormount has worn 98% of the
> way through. Is there a proper way to mount this hose to aviod this? Do I
> have the wrong shaped hose?
> Incidentally, the bulge is from oil softening from the leaking front
> crankshaft seal. I got the seal. The installation looks pretty straight
> forward. Any tricks I should know abaout? Will I probably be able to reuse
> the timing cover gasket?
>
> Brian Harper
> 1978 Spitfire
> brian@ati.com
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