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poolplayer1 · 07-29-2018, 04:43 PM

Thanks Kultulz. The hose is only 2 yrs old.Looks in good shape. Everything was ok til I had the radiator soldered and flushed.Like I mentioned before,I did replace the water pump and the thermostat housing along with the thermostat.Before I installed the new WP,I compared both and they did match ok.I double checked to make sure the thermostat went in the correct way ( Spring facing inside block). I did burp the system to get rid of bubbles/air. Back years ago,we took out the original V8 272 out and replaced it with this 1968 302. The belts are the old style V-belts,no serpentine and the rotation is clockwise. I tried again today and after about 10 minutes,I shut the engine down and than a few min.later,the hose got loose again and water started to leak again.This time,I also noticed that the hose got swelled up,like too much pressure being build up. I wonder if I might have gotten a bad water pump.Thanks to 5851 A for the help too.
Mando

07-29-2018, 04:43 PM	#62
poolplayer1 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 399	Re: 1955 ford station wagon with a V8 302 Engine. Thanks Kultulz. The hose is only 2 yrs old.Looks in good shape. Everything was ok til I had the radiator soldered and flushed.Like I mentioned before,I did replace the water pump and the thermostat housing along with the thermostat.Before I installed the new WP,I compared both and they did match ok.I double checked to make sure the thermostat went in the correct way ( Spring facing inside block). I did burp the system to get rid of bubbles/air. Back years ago,we took out the original V8 272 out and replaced it with this 1968 302. The belts are the old style V-belts,no serpentine and the rotation is clockwise. I tried again today and after about 10 minutes,I shut the engine down and than a few min.later,the hose got loose again and water started to leak again.This time,I also noticed that the hose got swelled up,like too much pressure being build up. I wonder if I might have gotten a bad water pump.Thanks to 5851 A for the help too. Mando