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VEHICLES => DAILY DRIVERS/GROCERY GETTERS => Topic started by: m_fumich on October 11, 2019, 09:50:19 PM

Title: ‘99 Taurus, where do I find this part
Post by: m_fumich on October 11, 2019, 09:50:19 PM: I have a ‘99 Taurus and it has a leak in the coolant bypass hose at one of the T’s. Where can I find a suitable T to splice this hose. This picture shows the hose and I’ve circled the T that I need to replace.

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Title: Re: ‘99 Taurus, where do I find this part
Post by: ken w. on October 11, 2019, 10:09:24 PM: NAPA may have that whole hose assembly.
Title: Re: ‘99 Taurus, where do I find this part
Post by: ron350 on October 11, 2019, 10:57:44 PM: The Oreilly parts store near me has a heater hose T assortment behind the counter. I would think napa would have the same assortment unless they want to sell you the complete assembly.
Title: Re: ‘99 Taurus, where do I find this part
Post by: ken w. on October 12, 2019, 07:29:30 AM: I'n not sure the conventional T assortment will work for this. The normal T goes inside of the hose and is clamped on the outside. The type of T on this hose goes on the outside of the hose and is glued or crimped together.
Title: Re: ‘99 Taurus, where do I find this part
Post by: wilbilt on October 31, 2019, 05:03:43 PM: I'd cut the tee out, measure the ID of the hose and find a suitable outside-clamped replacement.
Title: Re: ‘99 Taurus, where do I find this part
Post by: m_fumich on December 30, 2019, 06:48:58 PM: Quote from: wilbilt on October 31, 2019, 05:03:43 PM
I'd cut the tee out, measure the ID of the hose and find a suitable outside-clamped replacement.

Basically that’s what I did except I cut the hose behind the block farther from the T and replaced everything from that point. If I had just cut as close to the T as possible, there wouldn’t have been enough hose to reach the new T.

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Title: Re: ‘99 Taurus, where do I find this part
Post by: stokester on December 30, 2019, 09:00:22 PM: I've found with this type of hose configuration it is usually best to purchase the assembly for reliability.