Running Upper IC Hose

[Lynn D. Brown]

Hey Guys,

I'm hooking in the all-rubber hose to the Upper IC trick and I ran the 2 hoses in tha Pass fender and then over to the IC. I wondered if anyone ran the hoses over the plastic Heater/AC box. It kinda looks like it may be crushed when the hood closes. It's a little murky on the Archive pics.

If U can't run it over the heater box, then U have to run it between the heater box and the AC accumulator. When U do that it makes for kind of a sharp angle into the IC hose stubs. A bit more than 90 Deg even tho' I do have 90 Deg hose bends to go there.

 

[ItsMyTy]

yeah i ran into all those issues trying to run it thru the passenger side


so i just did the ugly loop around the driver's side for now

would like to see some pics of passenger side routing too

 

[TYRODD]

Looks better, and definitly wont get crushed if you run it under the A/C lines. You need Two shaped heater hose 180 degree bends (one for each line), they can be found at NAPA ( like $10 apiece-ouch). Right now, I have the 180s sitting here next to me, I have Two 90s per line on the truck right now :banghead: , looks REAL stupid.

 

[sy112]

yep, just go to your local auto parts and get some molded hoses that will fit and make it look nice. I used molded hoses with the in hose connection, wanted to fins some black hose clamps but haven't found any yet.

But now I have switched to the very sturdy irragation tubing you can get at Lowes or Home Depot. Heated the ends to help form around the upper IC and ran it along the drivers side down to heat exchanger. I will never have to worry about kinked ot crushed hoses again. Doesn't look to bad either, or at least until I can afford and A2A.