heater hose and pipe question

[lonewolf]

:wave: Okay. Yesterday I found a very small leak in my coolant system. It was located on what the book calls a hot water supply pipe. I will discribe it here now. It clamps by a small clamp on the left hand side of the engine. Hose diameter is 5/8". This in turn is crimped fitted to a stell pipe bent to run behind engine and again attach to the heater hose that goes through the firewall. It is now at that point a 3/4" hose. Along this bend there is a pipe fiiting which houses the heater water temp sensor. The leak is at the crimp fitting.
I call advance and order part overnight. I call this morning and they have their hand on it. I saw off the bracket take loose the rubber hoses, removed the sensor and removed the fitting from the car. Not to bad. I can then remove the nut that holds the bracket on. No worries the new piece will have the bracket on it. I drive to advance. They walk to the counter with this huge layout that looks nothing like what I have in my hand. Not surprised since I am dealing with advance auto parts. DUH! Now as the manager tells me how to rig this thing. AND I DO MEAN RIG! I am getting hot. I don't know about you but I do not rig anything. I want the right part. He asks if this came off a SHO? OHHH MY! Yes this is a 1995 SHO 3.0 MTX. I removed this part from it just 30 minutes ago... TAP TAP TAP... Well this computer says that part does not exsist...
I would take this and toss it and do this and that... Yes i suppose you would. Let me see I am going to rig this heating system on a very expensive engine and pray that it holds while I am blasting by a Maxima?! Sure I have a spare grand or ten hanging around to buy a new engine! Just give me 2 feet of 5/8 heater hose and I will go on line to my buds and find out where to get this peice new and do the job right. Thank you very much for your expert advise... NOT!
So guys where do I find this part? And what is it's official name? I don't want to confuse any more expert parts sales guys.... LOL

Thanks, Glenn SHO owner in VA.


"Never argue with an idiot, they will only knock you down to their level then beat you with experience"

 

[sho_sc]

The complete heater hose including the metal hose has been obsolete for about 7-8 years (I think it was one of the first parts that Ford “wrote off”). As far as I know, no one has them new.

What I’ve done in the past is cut the silver band with a dremel allowing the rubber hose to come off. Then I just replace the short rubber hose section and use two hose clamps.

 

[Racer X]

What I’ve done in the past is cut the silver band with a dremel allowing the rubber hose to come off. Then I just replace the short rubber hose section and use two hose clamps.

That's the way to repair that hose if it's blown. Additionally, the switch on the pipe isn't the water temp sensor, it's the CELO switch. CELO for Cold Engine Lock Out. When the engine is cold, that swtch locks out the A/C compressor. When the water temp reaches operating temp, the CELO opens, allowing the compressor to run.

Now, if you need that pipe for whatever reason, send me a PM. I have the old one from my '92 3.0L still. It's a little rusty, but it doesn't leak.

 

[SHOZ123]

The CELO also keeps the heater fan from blowing full blast until the coolant has warmed when the EATC is in auto and it's cold out.

 

[SHOtimer]

You can cut off the crimps and replace the rubber portion with bulk hose. When I had mine apart I completely stripped the metal portion of the old paint (my SHO doesn't know what rust is being a CA car) then primered it and painted it so that it would last me a long time.

Doug