silicone hose replacement for c900 top rad hose without A/C

happily, sounding much like they were saying:


Dunno about silicone or 8v, but the top hose on an aircon car is just the
same as the top hose on a non-aircon car... but with a chunk cut out the
middle for the T-piece...

Yeah I found that both PFS and Elkparts do actually stock the hose I need
for the 81 turbo c900, but PFS's ex-VAT price is significantly less. Plus
PFS has more c900 parts that Elkparts, so they're more frequently visited.

Craig.

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Now I have the hose issue resolved, I'm starting on the T16 intercooler
installation. Dunno what the Guru Scott guy is doing to need the replacement
top rad hose - I guess removing A/C from the older c900's is a fairly common
thing now since it's becoming significantly harder to justify keeping A/C
systems on older 'project' cars working. Here is Oz at least we don't need
A/C much of the time but I know a Volvo guy who's in to 240's, etc. who
can't handle not having A/C working! 8-)

So go figure.


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happily, sounding much like they were saying:


If anybody IS ripping the aircon out of a c900, I need the metal T-piece
from the top hose. Mine'd rusted through, and I want to get the aircon up
and kicking.

You're welcome to have mine - my top hose blew and I replaced it with
a one-piece hose and then stripped the rest of the AC out.
It's a 'vert FFS - it has aircon ... it's called the roof :)

Nah - the AC was crap, didn't work and was too much to deal with.
Removed!

The t-piece is a little rusty but it's in one piece.
e-mail me if you're interested pjgh@blueyonder.co.uk - I'll get some
photographs for you tomorrow.

they were saying:


Ta. Sold. My email works.

I need the one from my 81 turbo to go in my 89 16v car as it's rusted and
the thermoswitch gasket is badly decayed too so it seeps coolant. I think
the actually 110 C normally-closed thermoswitch is available from
saabsite.com (PFS doesn't stock it) but it's end-of-year time and most
places won't be doing any shipping until mid to late Jan. now. 8-)

I have raised the issue of getting these t-piece thermoswitch holders
custom-made in a few forums and I think there is interest, but I don't have
any access to a machine shop or supplies of materials. Ideally, they should
be made from stainless steel so they don't rust. I don't think new steel
ones are available any more (and I have no idea where Saab would have got
them from originally). There are the really bad plastic ones from the 1985
cars used with the Clarion A/C systems but they're worse than the steel ones
and tend to suffer rather serious failures from the plastic getting brittle
and falling apart with age.

Craig.
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