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radiator inlet is bigger than termosts housing inlet

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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 12:33 PM
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Car: 1974 k5 blazer
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radiator inlet is bigger than termosts housing inlet

i am doing a TPI sawp on my 74 K5 blazer and the upper hose inlet on the radiator is 1 3/4" but the hose fitting on the TPI termo, housing is like 1/14". do you have any recommendations as to what to use? i'm looking at cool-flex hose's but the cheapest one is $77
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Old Jan 4, 2004 | 03:06 PM
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Car: 1991 S10 pickup 2700lbs
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a stock rad hose would work fine, try for a few differetn applications until you find one with right diameter end, there were several throughout the years,
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