The metal pipe on my '95 Toy pickup extending out from the top of the engine with the rubber hose connecting to the other metal pipe, which connects to the water pump (I guess), rusted out really bad. After I removed all the nasty rust, I lost about half an inch of the metal pipe so that there was a leak form that connection, which is right above the alternator. Now, I have a big problem is the factory hose is too short to connect the two metal pipes due to the loss of length for hose clamping. The inside diameters for both ends of the hose are different, one is 1.75 inch, the other is about 1.65 inch. Actually, the unit should be metric, but I measured with the conventional unit. I checked with pepboys and kragen stores. The hose they carry only have one size for both ends, 1.75 inch. They say use screw type clamp can tighten the other end o.k.. I tried it, but I'm skeptical since the hose could easily slide over the metal pipe without any resistance. To weld a short piece of pipe to the damage one seems infeasible, the other easier option is get a longer hose to compensate the lost section but stuck with the two different inside diameters. the original hose has a 90 degree bend. Any solutions to my situation will be appreciated.
Matt