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1999 ranger 3.0L I found a leak in my lower radiator T shaped hose, what needs to be taken off

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Dick - 21 Mar 2005 21:33 GMT
1999 ranger 3.0L I found a leak in my lower radiator T shaped hose.

what needs to be taken off to get to the arconditioning connection. Wow it
seems so hard to un-clip the clip and work on it.  Anyone ever replace that
T shaped hose? Is there a special tool to unclamp the hose clamp in a tight
spot a foot away from looking up at it under the truck? I am prepaired to
dismount lots of things to get to it but a little advice woiuld help me to
keep it simpler.

I just bought this Ford truck 2nd hand.

Funny the same hose leaked  on  my 1989 volvo and was twice the price but
so easy to disconnect on a 4 cylinder engin.

Dick
Dick - 23 Mar 2005 16:51 GMT
I also wanted to add that the heat gage seems high at 50 % ( 3 O'Clock) of
the dial my old 1987 ranger used to have the heat gage at 15 to 20% of the
dial (at 5 O'Clock) I have added some water because it was low, and tested
it with presure and then found the pin holes that leacked it. I have not had
a chance to see how it heats up with the added water which was a quart low.

Dick

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Dick - 25 Mar 2005 07:35 GMT
well I replaced the hose after 7 hours of trying swating and fighting in a
tight space, but without removing any other parts. I used a 13 inch long
longnose to bring the upper clamp of the belt down, before that I tried
every kind of pliers and none could fit into that tiny place I had to get to
it. and in the end after replacing the hose with anew one and failing to
return the clamp to its place, I pulled it down to the intersection and
above it installed a screw in stainless steel clamp and pushed it up needing
a friend to grab it obove and hold it in place so I could screw in the
tightening screw with a socket and a 12 inch extention from the right side
( passanger side) of the engin while it was held down with my friend's
finger till I tightened it.

What a bear this was, because I now have a screw in clamp the next hose will
be a breeze to take down and replace... How stupid of Ford Not to give us a
screw in clamp which can be removed easily instead of a clamp that there is
nearly no way to get it off except hard work for hours, because of the tiny
space to work in, flanked by all kinds of refrigirants for the air
conditioning. All so solid metal tubes blockig the clip wityhout any give to
get to it. It had to be reached from under the vehicle rather than from near
the top where it sists. Damn I hated the Job....

Dick

> I also wanted to add that the heat gage seems high at 50 % ( 3 O'Clock) of
> the dial my old 1987 ranger used to have the heat gage at 15 to 20% of the
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> > Dick

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