Radiator Hoses
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LukeCutler
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I'm not an expert on Model A's, as I just recently built mine, but my 61 Chevy pickup still has the radiator hoses that I put on it when I started driving it on high school in 1995.
I drive it almost daily in the spring summer and fall, and it has a pressurized radiator, unlike a model A, that is non pressurized.
I check them every time I change the oil, they are still in good shape, not too brittle, not too soft and squishy. I figure I will run them till they either get brittle or squishy, then I will replace them.
I drive it almost daily in the spring summer and fall, and it has a pressurized radiator, unlike a model A, that is non pressurized.
I check them every time I change the oil, they are still in good shape, not too brittle, not too soft and squishy. I figure I will run them till they either get brittle or squishy, then I will replace them.
mike657894
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the modern rubber ones last 20 years. but i think the A style are better. Mine are at least 40 years old and they look just fine. its always sat with antifreeze in it.
BRENT in 10-uh-C
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Do you suppose that probably has more to do with them being manufactured of natural rubber?