FJ60 Heater Hose question part #87255A

[Boicruiserloser72]

My question is specific to part number 87255A. This hose is illustrated as a straight hose in the parts diagram, and I’ve read in the forums it is a straight pipe. The hose in my FJ appears to be a molded hose with almost a 90° bend.

I’m wondering if the pipe fitting off the head can simply be rotated to a position to make this a straighter shot from the head to the firewall heater hose pipe. Or, is the Toyota hose actually a molded hose? Should I buy the Gorman hose and cut it down? Anyone have a similar installation?

Thanks!

 

[Spike Strip]

99556-20200 still available. Straight hose. I wouldn't try moving the union fitting. Very likely to break. That rear one is a bish to remove.

 

[Boicruiserloser72]

Mission accomplished! Replaced original Toyota hose with 1/2” cut-to-length, heater hose. Although considered “straight hose” it has a natural contour from being wound on a reel, so it fit perfectly in place of the hose I replaced. Yes, the lower heater hose clamp was very difficult!

Advice for others, first remove the throttle linkage mount above. I pretreated the old clamp with WD40 and it it turned fine. I improvised using a ratcheting, box end wrench taped to a paint stick in order to reach and back out the lower clamp. Ratchet and socket taped to extension helped, but most of the work removing and reinstalling that clamp was accomplished with the ratcheting box-end wrench attached to the paint stick.

Another trick was using a slender, long, flat bladed screwdriver down the hose, to gently pry the hose from the steel heater tube.

New Toyota 96112-10220 clamps used to reassemble with a touch of WD40 on the threads. Glad that part is over!