Hoses good source?
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Melting Slicks
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From: Mystic CT
Hoses good source?
I want to change all the hoses on my 91 they are original and have a 1000 mile trip planed next month. Finishing the tuneup now.. and allocating an hour or so for the last 2 plugs 2&4 who dreamed that mess up?? LOL
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Yeah, GM doesn't make the lower hose anymore for my 89, and there are just a few left for the upper hose.
I did buy Gates (Napa) hoses, but they look pretty crappy. They have white splotches all over them, and were thinner than the original GM hoses. And the lower hose was bent a little different than my OEM hose. So, I returned them, and planned to get GM hoses, but found out you can't get the bottom hose anymore.
So, I was thinking of getting Goodyear hoses at Autozone.
Ecklers does have a lower hose with the GM part number on it. I called and they said it was being made by someone in Florida, but I don't know the brand.
I did get my throttle body hose from the dealer. It had the part number on it and it said "Made in Mexico". So, I wonder if the upper and lower hoses were also made in Mexico as well?
I did buy Gates (Napa) hoses, but they look pretty crappy. They have white splotches all over them, and were thinner than the original GM hoses. And the lower hose was bent a little different than my OEM hose. So, I returned them, and planned to get GM hoses, but found out you can't get the bottom hose anymore.
So, I was thinking of getting Goodyear hoses at Autozone.
Ecklers does have a lower hose with the GM part number on it. I called and they said it was being made by someone in Florida, but I don't know the brand.
I did get my throttle body hose from the dealer. It had the part number on it and it said "Made in Mexico". So, I wonder if the upper and lower hoses were also made in Mexico as well?
