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Originally Posted by walkerlakeprinter
Is there an easy way to adapt a garden hose to the lower radiator hose? I'm thinking that letting the car warm up to soften the corn residue, then draining the radiator quickly while it is still warm, and then backflushing with a garden hose. There is a NAPA store and an ACE Hardware in Hawthorne, 13 miles south of here. The nearest big box store is 60 miles north in Fallon, NV.
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I use properly sized automotive rubber freeze plugs that fit into the radiator hoses. Glue two of them together, get cheap plastic garden hose repair fittings, drill a hole through the center of the freeze plugs slightly under sized for the repair fitting. Insert the fitting into teh freeze plugs. Insert teh assembly into teh radiator hose and use the existing hose clamps to tighten.
If it does not fit tight enough, use duct tape around the flush adapter/freeze plugs.
I also use a cheap on/off garden hose valve on the repair fitting so I can turn the water on/off at the flush adapter.