47 Flathead Water Pump Swap Tricks?

[Tim Ayers]

Originally Posted by 38 coupe

Silicone hoses come in black along with all sorts of other colors, shapes, and sizes. The import tuner crowd seems to love the things, and use them for turbo setups along with other hose needs. I also used black 45 degree silicone hoses with different size ends to connect the upper hoses from the 8BA in dad's 46 to the stock radiator. I simply measured out the diameter and length needed and searched that auction site.
I do run stock upper hoses on the 38, I like the reproduction upper hoses with the Ford markings since they are easy to see and easy to install.

OK, neat. Will look out for them. Seems like a great idea for the lower hoses since they are a real PITA to deal with if you don't move the radiator back and out of the way.