Question about removing over the road Heat System

[chessie4905]

For now you could loop some 1" radiator hose with double clamps. Only talking maybe 15 psi.

[Sebulba]

For now you could loop some 1" radiator hose with double clamps. Only talking maybe 15 psi.

Hmmm, good work around.

Is it only 1 inch pipe? I haven't looked in there in several months, but I thought maybe it was more like 2 inch.

Thanks

[chessie4905]

You should measure with calipers. If likely larger than one inch, may need to use a straight section of straight hose. Lowes and HD sell reinforced clear thick wall tubing. Would need to check it specs as to how well it handles hot coolant..

[Van]

You should measure with calipers. If likely larger than one inch, may need to use a straight section of straight hose. Lowes and HD sell reinforced clear thick wall tubing. Would need to check it specs as to how well it handles hot coolant..

On Tom Vanozzi's {LVMCI) bus that is exactly what we did @ B&B, a section of that clear reinforced hose with a plug in the end. When removing ours I used the same hose to reconnect the drivers heat via the circulation pump. That hose holds up well to the heat.

[Sebulba]

You should measure with calipers. If likely larger than one inch, may need to use a straight section of straight hose. Lowes and HD sell reinforced clear thick wall tubing. Would need to check it specs as to how well it handles hot coolant..

Makes sense.  Better to just cap though.

Thanks

Seb

[Sebulba]

On Tom Vanozzi's {LVMCI) bus that is exactly what we did @ B&B, a section of that clear reinforced hose with a plug in the end. When removing ours I used the same hose to reconnect the drivers heat via the circulation pump. That hose holds up well to the heat.

Ok, thanks for that, Van.

Seb

[luvrbus]

There are different grades of that type of hose some won't stand up to much heat or pressure BTDT on my Aqua Hot, that I bought from H/D it lasted till the water got hot   

[Sebulba]

There are different grades of that type of hose some won't stand up to much heat or pressure BTDT on my Aqua Hot, that I bought from H/D it lasted till the water got hot

Ahhaa, that could be bad. 

Thanks

Seb

[luvrbus]

LOL I went cheap buy the good stuff

[Jim Blackwood]

Most of that stuff is vinyl and will not handle boiling water. Should be a grade of silicon hose though, check McMasterCarr.

Jim

[Sebulba]

Well, I got it all removed. Not too bad a job, took me about 3 hours and got $200 for the scrap

All I need to do now is cap off the ends.  I have 2 barbed plugs coming from Grainger to do that.  The hose is very playable and definitely not original to the bus, so I feel comfortable jerking those short pieces of his and plugging them.

Now I need to decide what the best use of this space is.🤔

Thanks for all your help.

Seb