Since I will be rebuilding my waterpump, I would like to replace all the hoses. Most of mine are at least twenty years old. One that gives me major worries is the one that goes from the top of the radiator to the manifold (it is a right angle bend, about two inches in diameter dropping down to about an inch and a quarter - not exact measurements; just a rough guess). Is that available/adaptable from a modern hose?
Thanks for the help.
Phil
Both Worcester Classic Spares (Simon Whitworth, https://www.worcesterclassicspares.com/ and download Mark IV catalog here https://www.worcesterclassicspares.com/mk-iv-ss-ss100 ) and Western Jaguar (Cordell Newby, http://www.westernjaguar.com/ and engine cooling at http://www.westernjaguar.com/engine.php ) list radiator hoses for Mark IV. Not sure about adapting a modern hose.
when I rebuilt a 70yr old truck, I went to the spare parts place and looked thru there hoses till I found a match for nearly all, from different vehicles.
In the instance that one needs to match diameters. one way is to get an exhaust fitter to expand a piece of SS pipe to the right dimensions, cost me $15, attach right diameter hose to each end
The top was was also used on Riley’s although Riley people are probably saying that their top hose was also used on Jaguars, the bottom hose we find easy to get as its a plain L shape , the bypass hose it complex and different from MK 4to there were some made here and probably still available if not from closer sources.