| [GMCnet] Near miss or great catch…. [message #213421] |
Fri, 05 July 2013 22:26  |
glwgmc
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I decided to do a simple "little" project today - I wanted to install external engine oil and transmission oil coolers to compliment the in-radiator coolers on the Clasco. I found a great way to mount both, figured out how to break into the lines appropriately and plumbed everything up. While under there I found the two engine oil cooler lines running much closer to the exhaust manifold than I like but the hose was a high quality armored hose with Parker fittings and it looked ok. So, I started the engine to check for leaks and found a gush of oil - two to three quarts - on the ground. Engine off quickly and examined everything. One of those "look good, high quality" lines had burst just after the oil filter adapter fitting. Apparently the close proximity to the exhaust manifold had taken its tole. It must have been that way for a long time and the moving I did to fit the external cooler was just enough to cause it to fracture. Sure glad it happened in my driveway and
not in the middle of West Texas or the Calif. desert!
Note to self, and to all of you, if those hoses are not nearly new and they ever break out on the road you are dead in the water, er, tarmac. I had my local NAPA make a new set of 1/2" hoses with 90 degree fittings from armored high pressure hydraulic hose stock with hydraulic clinched ends for less than $80 while I waited. Don't risk your good times for less than $100. If you have not replaced those hoses it may well be time to do so now. Easy job if you remove the fender liner on the passenger side and take off that tire.
Ken Henderson showed up just as I returned from NAPA with the new hoses. For some reason he didn't volunteer to dive under there and replace them for me. Rambled on about needing to get back to his coach to do some paper work or some such..... We will have dinner tomorrow night and I will inquire (grin).
One interesting observation. With all the money that was spent maintaining this Clasco to a fairthewell (nothing spared and I have yet to add it all up but it is a bunch) who ever put on those hoses installed them backward. On one end are 45 degree fittings, on the other 90 degree fittings. They had the 45 degree fittings at the oil filter adapter end which positioned the hoses way too close to the manifold. They should have been installed with the 90 degree fittings there. I will find in the records who actually did that and what they charged the owner to do it. You just never know, even the very best have people who make mistakes at times.
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed and hand crafted in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building in historic Kerby, OR
Visitors always welcome!
glwork@mac.com
http://jerrywork.com
541-499-1027
541-592-5360
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Jerry & Sharon Work
78 Royale
Kerby, OR
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