It's REAL easy! Loosen the hose clamps. Loosen the lock nuts that hold the
radiator support rods at the inner wings and pull the rods up out of the
bracket. Push the radiator forward until one end of the hose comes off.
Assembly is the reverse...
You could remove the thermo housing instead, if you aren't comfortable
flexing the lower rad mounts that much. I elected option 1 on mine (didn't
happen to have a spare thermo gasket on hand) with no problem at all. Good
luck.
By the way, this also works for the fan belt!
Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: David Moag [mailto:moag@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 4:44 PM
To: Triumphs Mailing List
Subject: Very Early Radiator Hose Failure
Hello listers,
Just got back from a great little drive through twisty roads and hills in
the TR3B. I was going to stay longer, but something said to go home. Good
thing I did -- when I got there I found the top radiator hose issuing a
strong squirting stream out of its side. This is a new hose with all of
about 50 miles on it. I hope it's an isolated occurrence, because the spare
I'm about to put on came from same place. It's one of the cloth covered
original style hoses. Has anyone else had this happen to them so quickly?
I'd just as soon not name the vendor, because this is probably a very
isolated thing (although I'll change my mind if a lot of you say "me too"),
and I've been quite happy with virtually every thing I've gotten from them.
And if anyone has any great tips on how to replace this hose without
removing bonnet -- I'd be happy to hear. It doesn't appear to be easy (of
course).
Still a great drive!
Dave Moag
62 TR3B (enjoying its rebirth)
77 Spitfire
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