5.0 lower rad hose solution.

[bluebronco69]

i tried to find a solution to the lower rad hose problem when you have a 5.0 with the regular bronco radiator...
BC sells a great kit, but that was too expensive for me.

i used a 1 3/4 90* elbow on the lower outlet of the radiator, then i got a piece of 1 3/4 flex hose that was 24inches long, and from that i had to connect them, so i got a piece of tubing from the exhaust shop (1 3/4 of course) about 5 inches long, and painted it with high temp engine paint (inside and out),
and viola, its all hooked up and and in good shape. and it only cost probably about 30$ total,



hope this will help someone in the future, wish i could have found a hose from something weird like an AMC gremlin or something that would have worked, but oh well. this works fine.

 

[gddyap]

I used copper tubing from the hardware with some elbows. Sweated it all together to make a custom lower. Similar to what ToddZ did here:

http://www.azbronco.org/tech03.htm

 

[bluebronco69]

yea i read that article too, but wanted to try to use less custom parts incase of a breakdown in the middle of no wheresville.