Lower radiator hose cant make the bend! I've tried everything!

[Hazieview]

Hey guys I'm pretty desperate here. After trying many flex hoses, including the spectre performance flex hose. The biggest radiator hose spectre makes is only 18" long with 1 3/4" hose ends. I could not get it to work. I have come to realize that I just can not find a lower radiator hose that makes the sharp bends it needs to make.

I order the Tuff Stuff High flow long water pump. Turns out the pump inlet is around 1 5/8" I can not find a hose that will work! Did they send me the wrong pump?

Has anyone run into this before? The stock molded hose has to make such a weird turn I dont know if I will be able to match it.

Any other ideas? Should I try a molded hose off of a car with a differnt make or model?

[old Rusty C10]

Last time i did a water puimp on my truck i had to go to the actual parts store with the old hose and match one up the one they had in their book was not long enough... i forget the number of the one i bought but it was for something else GM not one of our trucks

[juiceman650]

I recently replaces mine with a matched one that I took off my truck and to the store but it didn't fit right, so I ended up getting a Gates flexible hose and got it to work.
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[SCOTI]

I mentioned this before in your other thread & I'll recommend it again....

Go to the parts store & get the correct size hose 'ends' you need w/the optimum bends for your application (try & source hose ends that easily align w/o force). Then, use an exhaust pipe reducer to step (connect) the 2 different hose sizes. Place the reducer @ an area on the length of the hose thats as straight as possible.

To help secure the hoses from slipping off the reducer (not mandatory), you can have a bead of weld laid down so there's resistance behind the hose clamp.

A good parts store will have a bunch of hoses in all shapes & sizes. Just dig through & find the best combo for each end. I've done this on @ least 2 of my vehicles & never had an issue. The alternative is to have a pipe welded up that's the correct shape you need w/the correct diameter @ each end & simply attach it @ each end w/a short, straight, section of the appropriate size hose.