I'm sure someone has done this before, and i hope you could help give me suggestions on how to re-route the hose that runs over the passenger side valve cover...the Transmission Dipstick seems to prevent me from just running a longer hose....is there some kind of 90 degree elbow that i can use to divert the diptick and route the hose along the inner wall of the fender?...and suggestions and/or pictures would be helpful, Thanks!
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any suggestions?...wasn't there a thread that dealt with something like this?

 

Yes, there is a dealer part which was on your car stock. It bends down to a metal line, goes along firewall then up the frame rail where another hose takes it to the radiator.

 

He is right. The car came stock with a metal tube that routed the hose down along the frame rail. I am actually in the process of doing the exact same thing in my car. I need to search the junk yards to get the tube. I bet I don't want to pay for it from the dealership.

 

Can anyone take a picture of what the proper routing of that hose looks like, and what that metal piece looks like? Thanks

 

I did it last summer...here is a post with some pics....

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/nw-indiana-south-chicago/314161-clean-up-passenger-side.html

 

Thanks...the pictures were a bit difficult for me to discern...do you have any specific information/details on what parts you used to re-route the hose? How about the heater/coolant valve show in this picture, is there anything that looks nice that this or has anyone found a way to hide this from plain veiw...its pretty ugly...[IMG][/IMG]

 

I hated the stock metal line running along the frame rail - and it put the hose close to my headers. I just run the hoses on each side of the tranny dipstick - squeezed the dipstick in the middle. The dipstick will move a bit, if you push on it - it attaches to a top tranny/motor bolt - but that piece will bend slightly given some pressure.

The newer cars have a black plastic valve to replace that older metal valve that you don't like the appearance of (in your second pic) - that's the heater diverter valve - the vacuum line connects to your heater controls in the dash - when you have set to warm, the valve allows hot coolant into the heater core - when set at cold, the vacuum closes the valve to keep the hot coolant from the heater core - it can be removed and just use solid hose from point a to b, but then you'll have a small amount of warm air in the cabin during the summer when you may not want it, from the hot coolant circulating in the heater core. I removed mine - I'll have the t-tops out anyways, I'll never notice that heat when the sun is shining and it's 95 degrees with the tops out!

And TAKE THOSE GLOVES OFF!!!! None of this is any fun without greasy hands! It's the only peroof that you actually did it yourself! LOL

 

LOL, thats funny that you said that...I use to work on my car a bit without the gloves, but i had to wash my hands numerous times to get the grease off. Once i began using the gloves, i loved em...i don't think i can touch the car without them!

 

I could never get any work done with them - they always tear, or the tips hang off and get in the way, or some fluid I came in contact with ate right through - so I gave up and got myself the big jug of GoJo Orange Pumice and a nail brush. Besides - my wife would think she was with a stranger if she was touched with clean hands LOL. And even on a rare occasion, she'll get in there and get greasy with me!

 

The gloves do rip easily, but if you wear 2 pairs (like i do) then they seem to be much more durable...but anyway, does anyone have any more ideas about re-routing the coolant/heater hoses so that they're not resting on the valve cover? It seems like no matter what i try, they're still an eye sore

 

Do you still have the A/C stuff? You can get longer hoses, and route wherever - I'm going to zip-tie my back along the A/C stuff I think.

 

Your local auto parts store should have an assortment of hoses with 90 degree and even 180 degree bends and stuff. If the sizes aren't right you can use stepdowns. Thats how I did the throttle body coolant bypass on my IROC-Z, just went to a local Checkers Auto Parts and bought a 90 degree bended line, a stepdown, and 1 foot of hose (forget the sizes) was like $10. At the same time I deleted all the coolant lines to the firewall and stuff (this isn't a daily driver) so it looks much better. I'm sure its possible to keep all the hoses connected and run everything by the fame where its a little more out of sight. But you're going to have to spend a good ammount of time planing out how you're gonna route everything. Your imagination is the limit.