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Modular upper radiator hose tee connector


Wingerr
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Sitting with engine idling waiting to pick up someone from airport, the plastic tee they use for the upper radiator hose decided to crack and let loose all the coolant in a huge plume.

 

Ordered a Gates replacement modular assembly as the tee connector apparently isn't even sold by Ford separately, though there's some aftermarket on eBay.

I may get a proper copper tee and try seeing if that'll work, found  1-1/4" to 3/4" Nibco copper tee available from Lowes.

 

Maddening use of plastic by all these car manufacturers, calculated to fail every 9 years.

 

will see how the Gates aftermarket hose holds up-

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Tried this out, but it needs short stubs of pipe to bring it to the right OD for the hose, and the 1-1/4" pipe only came in 10 foot lengths, so it wasn't practical.

Ebay has plastic hose tees for about the same cost, so that may be the only option, unless I come across some scrap pipe.

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