Need Radiator hose help..!!

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03-06-2010, 12:49 PM
amcgeh01

Need Radiator hose help..!!

Hi Everyone,

I am in the midst of getting the engine up and running and ready for install (2004 5.3L engine and tranny into my 1972 GMC Jimmy 4x4) and just picked up a great new aluminum 3-row radiator from Champion Cooling Systems near my house and am having a heck of a time trying to find the hoses that will work with the 5.3L conversion. Both inlets on the engine are on the pass side vs. the way they came... I just back from O'Rielly's and requested the 2004 Chevy Silverado rad hoses and they seem close at 1 1/4 on the top and bottom but the size is way off from my rad inlet/outlets... which are top: 1 1/2 & the btm: 1 3/4...? Has anyone on here come across this problem and if so, how did you solve it... I guess my only other option is to have them custom made but that will be expensive I am sure... Thanks in advance for any help...
03-06-2010, 01:05 PM
RedHeartbeat

Get one of those cool-flex universal copper flex hoses that you bend to fit, they come in many lengths with universal couplers for the ends.
03-06-2010, 01:18 PM
amcgeh01

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Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat

Get one of those cool-flex universal copper flex hoses that you bend to fit, they come in many lengths with universal couplers for the ends.

Sounds like a good idea.. Any idea who makes them or where I can procure then at a reasonable cost..?
03-06-2010, 01:50 PM
RedHeartbeat

SummitRacing.com, Jegs.com, Oriellyauto.com... Google is your friend.
03-06-2010, 01:55 PM
amcgeh01

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat

SummitRacing.com, Jegs.com, Oriellyauto.com... Google is your friend.

Got it, thanks alot... I should have googled first.. Funny though, I was just at O'Reilly's and asked him several times if they make a flexible hose that would work and he said No..? I will check Summit's..
03-06-2010, 05:19 PM
Chevy-Art

Here are the two I used to find radiator hoses.
DAYCO/Multiview: Dimensional Lookup, Hoses
Gates Online Catalog
03-07-2010, 12:32 AM
blackout

Quote:

Originally Posted by amcgeh01

Got it, thanks alot... I should have googled first.. Funny though, I was just at O'Reilly's and asked him several times if they make a flexible hose that would work and he said No..? I will check Summit's..

you trust anything the guys at oreillys say? haha. sorry i am just biased