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Busy on fitting hoses and clips.
Struggling with the inter-hose connecting pipe pump to bottom of radiator: C16999.
The pipe I have, which is new coming from one of the usual suppliers, is having a wide bend making it impossible to connect the two hoses together (even if these would be shortened): http://www.sngbarratt.com/ProductDetail ... 861572&l=7
On the plate in the spare parts book, it is illustrated having a simple sharp 90° bend.
Is the "real" C16999 supposed to be like in the spare parts book or am I missing something?
Have spent already a couple of hours on this, with nice bruises on the front arms.
Thanks for help!

Hi,
I'm having the same problem - having purchased the same items from SNG. I got everything to connect, but it doesn't look right and not as neat as the original (but badly aged) hoses. I am looking into this at the moment to see if i have got something wrong in the fitting. If you get it resolved before I do, let me know! I will of course post a reply if I get is sorted before you.

Regards

Richard

Have you looked in the factory fit section to see if there is anything to help

Good point - I'll have a look.

Is the pump inlet correctly angled, and the radiator outlet? I've seen mismatched versions of both.

I have looked as well in the factory fit and could not find any lead.
I found a post http://www.myetype.co.uk/forum/viewtopi ... 999#p42879 which does illustrate the same issue. And I find that the final setup of Rory is somehow not satisfactory.
The pump and radiator outlets are both angled correctly, and when I fit the hoses it is clear a simple 90° sharp elbow is needed such as illustrated in the wsm and spare parts book.
Guess will have to pass with the hoses by a plumber to get a suitable elbow.

I recall having to shorten both ends of one on my 3.8 to get it to fit...

Thanks abowie & ralphr1780 - I followed the threads and the pics from 2011 are most useful. It suggests that the issues with the pipe/hoses from SNG still exists as cutting down the hoses seems the only recourse. Not pretty, but as long as it works.....

http://www.myetype.co.uk/forum/viewtopi ... 999#p42879