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Mike Roberts · 09-08-2018, 01:13 PM

Hello all !! I have a 71 Cheyenne 402 long bed
I changed the stock alt/pws/ brackets moved alt to pass
side. Long w/p stock radiator bottom hose is binding and
hitting on frame, hav cut twisted screamed no abail
HELP?
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geezer#99 · 09-08-2018, 02:07 PM

Nice truck pic!
Might be better to post a pic of the hose!

**Smitty** · 09-08-2018, 04:58 PM

Have a small block in mine. Same issue. I split a piece of 3/8 fuel line and slipped it over the frame. Thus the hose lightly contacts rubber on rubber. Won’t afraid the radiator hose causing it to fail. Don’t know if it will work in your case.

Mike Roberts · 09-08-2018, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Smitty

Have a small block in mine. Same issue. I split a piece of 3/8 fuel line and slipped it over the frame. Thus the hose lightly contacts rubber on rubber. Won’t afraid the radiator hose causing it to fail. Don’t know if it will work in your case.

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Mike Roberts · 09-08-2018, 07:48 PM

Thanks Smitty great idea
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Mike Roberts · 09-08-2018, 07:51 PM

Thanx Geezer#99 will post more pics
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ryans69chevy · 09-08-2018, 08:36 PM

I went to oreileys and bought a universal flexible radiator hose. Then I could bend it to however I wanted and cut it to fit. Turned out really good.

garyd1961 · 09-08-2018, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Smitty

Have a small block in mine. Same issue. I split a piece of 3/8 fuel line and slipped it over the frame. Thus the hose lightly contacts rubber on rubber. Won’t afraid the radiator hose causing it to fail. Don’t know if it will work in your case.

This^ is what I did also. Had a cousin tell me to just hammer the frame out of the way. I told him that wasn't going to happen.

Redneck Rydes · 09-08-2018, 08:54 PM

Take a hammer to the cousin,lol.

09-08-2018, 01:13 PM	#1
Mike Roberts Registered User Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Myrtle point oregon Posts: 13	Lower radiator hose Hello all !! I have a 71 Cheyenne 402 long bed I changed the stock alt/pws/ brackets moved alt to pass side. Long w/p stock radiator bottom hose is binding and hitting on frame, hav cut twisted screamed no abail HELP? Posted via Mobile Device Attached Images

09-08-2018, 02:07 PM	#2
geezer#99 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bowser Posts: 13,712	Re: Lower radiator hose Nice truck pic! Might be better to post a pic of the hose!

09-08-2018, 04:58 PM	#3
Smitty Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Spring Valley, Ca. Posts: 1,133	Re: Lower radiator hose Have a small block in mine. Same issue. I split a piece of 3/8 fuel line and slipped it over the frame. Thus the hose lightly contacts rubber on rubber. Won’t afraid the radiator hose causing it to fail. Don’t know if it will work in your case. __________________ Smitty '71 Short Fleetside Spring Valley, Ca.

09-08-2018, 07:48 PM	#5
Mike Roberts Registered User Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Myrtle point oregon Posts: 13	Re: Lower radiator hose Thanks Smitty great idea Posted via Mobile Device

09-08-2018, 07:51 PM	#6
Mike Roberts Registered User Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Myrtle point oregon Posts: 13	Re: Lower radiator hose Thanx Geezer#99 will post more pics Posted via Mobile Device

09-08-2018, 08:36 PM	#7
ryans69chevy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Casselton, North Dakota 58012 Posts: 1,082	Re: Lower radiator hose I went to oreileys and bought a universal flexible radiator hose. Then I could bend it to however I wanted and cut it to fit. Turned out really good.

09-08-2018, 08:54 PM	#9
Redneck Rydes Registered User Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Trenton,Ontario & South Carolina Posts: 755	Re: Lower radiator hose Take a hammer to the cousin,lol.



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