On 13/04/2018 14:12, Chris Bartram wrote:
On 13/04/2018 09:43, Huge wrote:
On 2018-04-13, Graeme wrote:
In message ,
harry writes

The later bypass hoses were corrugated.
The trick was to put them is hot water for a while before fitting.
This softened them and made the job a lot easier.

Thanks Harry.Â* Will order a spare 'just in case'.

IIRC (It's been a *long* time since I owned a Mini), there's trick
with the
corrugated ones to fitting them, involving putting them in a 'G' cramp
and
freezing them ...


I'd personally not use those, had one fail just after fitting, Romoving
the water pump is a pain, but so is losing all the coolant :-/

ISTR, on a Mini at least, the head needs to come off if you're not using
a compressible hose? I remember looking at the concertina type and
thinking 'nope'.

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Cheers, Rob