Lower Radiator Hose Spring

[67 GTX]

Does anyone have a good line on where to buy lower radiator hose springs?

Also, I understand what they do, but has anyone noticed their lower hoses actually collapsing? I am wondering if the new hoses are maybe stiffer than the old ones? I know some have the thread intertwined in the hose for what I assume is extra support?

 

[493 Mike]

I found the springs on a Mustang forum.
Mike

 

[69L48Z27]

Yep. Ford parts.
https://www.cjponyparts.com/lower-r...uP9Nl9I99gPmEHkbL7xJQoCjb3okh5L-swVgcGzeZUc5G

 

[493 Mike]

Yep. Ford parts.
https://www.cjponyparts.com/lower-r...uP9Nl9I99gPmEHkbL7xJQoCjb3okh5L-swVgcGzeZUc5G

Yeah! It was CJ Pony parts.
Mike

 

[Runner 68]

Cheap insurance for something like a collapsing lower radiator hose. Difficult to trouble shoot. I don't know if I've ever had one collapse because I always use the spring.
You can rule out that factor immediately if you ever have a heat issue.
CJ Pony as linked above.

 

[gtxdana]

I haven't seen a new radiator lower hose or used a spring in a lower hose in decades. If the hose is so soft or kinked that it collapses, it needs to be replaced.

 

[RemCharger]

I haven't seen a new radiator lower hose or used a spring in a lower hose in decades. If the hose is so soft or kinked that it collapses, it needs to be replaced.

They still use them, for the same reasons. Pull a lower hose off a newer Ram

 

[gtxdana]

They still use them, for the same reasons. Pull a lower hose off a newer Ram

There is no spring in the lower hose on my 2020 Ram 5.7.

 

[RemCharger]

There is no spring in the lower hose on my 2020 Ram 5.7.

Fair enough. I've done plenty of rads / hoses / pumps on the 09 up rams and that's the case. Maybe a can - am thing.

 

[Runner 68]

Regardless, late model or not, cheap insurance on any car.

 

[moparedtn]

I haven't seen a new radiator lower hose or used a spring in a lower hose in decades. If the hose is so soft or kinked that it collapses, it needs to be replaced.

Unfortunately, hoses ain't what they used to be...
It was a video of a dyno session on YT that got me thinking that the spring is more important than I believed
at the time (much like your sentiments), so I set about making one work out of a spare hose for some other
vehicle I had hanging in the garage.

(In that video, of a hemi on the dyno, I noticed the lower hose collapsing every time they spooled that rascal up).

Heck, I think I even attempted to make one at the time....yeah - nope, it really needs to be stainless.
So much for that ingenuity.

 

[radical rob]

I have seen one collapse when the spring rusted out.

 

[Geoff 2]

Get a wire coat hanger & wrap it around a broom handle. You now have your lower hose spring.....

 

[Mopar Hunter]

Get a wire coat hanger & wrap it around a broom handle. You now have your lower hose spring.....

It’ll rust, you need a stainless steel spring.

 

[Geoff 2]

Not if you use corrosion inhibitor...

 

[Runner 68]

Stainless is forever. A corrosion inhibitor is a band-aid.

 

[440 4 speed]

Stainless is forever. A corrosion inhibitor is a band-aid.

You are correct. My father used snow water in all of the vehicles rads, battery from the 50’s and before until he couldn’t do it anymore when he was in his 70’s. Never heard of a rusted out hose spring.
I sold our family’s 1961 Pioneer in 2019 to a young fellow (40 ish) who likes 60-61 Dodge/Plymouth’s. Car had been in storage since 1974. Lower rad hose is still firm.

 

[RJRENTON]

Stainless is forever. A corrosion inhibitor is a band-aid.

"Stainless is forever"......but you don't say what grade of stainless steel is best? Is is austinetic (stainless with nickel in the alloy, such as 18-8 or 304, 309, 310, 318) or ferritic stainless (iron and chrome without nickel), such as 409, 410 stainless alloys or perhaps a high nickel alloy like inconel or incoloy. There are literally 100s of stainless steels......be specific..........
BOB RENTON

 

[Sam69sat]

"Stainless is forever"......but you don't say what grade of stainless steel is best? Is is austinetic (stainless with nickel in the alloy, such as 18-8 or 304, 309, 310, 318) or ferritic stainless (iron and chrome without nickel), such as 409, 410 stainless alloys or perhaps a high nickel alloy like inconel or incoloy. There are literally 100s of stainless steels......be specific..........
BOB RENTON

Nobody asked which is the best but why don't you tell us and give a detailed explanation as to why one is better than another for a simple anti collapse spring. Specifically, post results of your research with structured sections like an introduction, literature review, methodology, results, and conclusion. Waiting........

 

[69 mayflower]

I used a stick of stainless steel welding rod that I coiled up like a spring and put in my lower hose. So far so good.