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- What year is your Sport Trac?
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- What Generation is your Sport Trac?
- 1st Gen Owner
With an intent to slightly increase cooling capacity of radiator, replaced
1.5" RadiatorHoses, swapping out StockRubberHoses to new StainlessSteelFlex.
Used kit with 48" length of the SSFlex, $42 at that time from Amazon\Ebay.
Hack sawed off ~32" for UpperHose & ~16" for LowerHose, then easily shaped & routed as needed.
Kit came with RubberSleeves+ChromCovers for the ends; did not like the kits Rubber quality or Chrom look,
so made my own RubberEndSleeves from 1.5" StockRadiatorHose, did not use ChromCovers.
Doubled up the WormClamps for each connection, "Belt & Suspenders".
Sliced RubberHose pieces used to insulate new SSFlex where is was close to plastics or AC tubing.
Again intent was to increase Radiator capacity, which I beieve it did; SSFlex does also look good.
1.5" RadiatorHoses, swapping out StockRubberHoses to new StainlessSteelFlex.
Used kit with 48" length of the SSFlex, $42 at that time from Amazon\Ebay.
Hack sawed off ~32" for UpperHose & ~16" for LowerHose, then easily shaped & routed as needed.
Kit came with RubberSleeves+ChromCovers for the ends; did not like the kits Rubber quality or Chrom look,
so made my own RubberEndSleeves from 1.5" StockRadiatorHose, did not use ChromCovers.
Doubled up the WormClamps for each connection, "Belt & Suspenders".
Sliced RubberHose pieces used to insulate new SSFlex where is was close to plastics or AC tubing.
Again intent was to increase Radiator capacity, which I beieve it did; SSFlex does also look good.
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