pappawheely
Autonomous4X4
The final piece of the mechanical puzzle arrived. I deleted my heat exchanger to run an external oil cooler. The factory hose won't work. It leaves you with a unique lower hose situation. The water pump inlet is 2 inches. The radiator is 1.75. I had to run a reducer on the water pump end to 1.75. Most of the lower hose is stainless pipe. Only the elbows are silicon hose. One straight pipe at the reducer and the 60 degree bend you see in the photo. It's very tight under there, but there is just enough room around the belt and oil cooler lines. There is extra silicon hose covering the pipe and extra hose clamps; just in case something goes wrong. The stainless tube won't collapse and it's very sturdy.
Actually I'm going to mount it to the trailer to have a mobile fueling station. Might have to beef up the tongue. 110 gallon diesel tank. Couldn't pass up the price. $75 with mounting straps.