Greetings All;
I had some antifreeze leaking from the back of the motor. (86 iroc-z w/ lb9 305 tpi)
Thoughts like a freeze plug were dancing in me head... ugh.
Well while checking hoses I found a rip in the ? hose that comes off the heater core, down the firewall to a pipe that goes around the wheel well to another hose and then to the radiator. I got the hose off of the heater core with no damage (yeah me) but the ? hose down between the motor and firewall is a different animal.

How have others here replaced that hose? Pull the distributer? Talk about a bad spot. Hood have to come off to get better access the area?
GM also has a wiring harness in that area too.

I bypassed the cut hose for now by running a line from the heater core to the radiator but really want to get it back to normal again.

Thoughts?
Thanks

 

So, has no one done this job before? I'm about to tackle it and am wondering the same thing. I'm hoping that I can just take the whole pipe assembly out and attach the hose that is behind the head. Or at least, get it loose enough to reach that lower clamp.
I don't see how you guys work on these cars. They are not maintenance friendly.

 

I taped a razor to a paint stick and reached down and sliced the hose to get it loose. Then just reached down to clean off the pipe from above. I didn't need to pull the distributor out or anything, but it was tight.