Redoing my cooling system. Replacing all cooling/heater hoses with OEM for all bended hoses and Gates premium for the rest. Doing the PHH bypass as well as the rear heater bypass to simplify system....plus, any heat front or rear will never be needed here on Oahu. If I need heat, just need to roll down the window! Saved all components if I ever want to hook back up.
The PHH was replaced sometime before, but I did not know how long ago so decided to replace. It was in pretty good shape, a little swollen and some sediment build up on the inside.
This tool that was recommended, proved to be invaluable for removing hard to reach hose clamps. I think they were referred to as long handled bird beak pliers.
Also had to remove air intake and throttle body to reach the water bypass 1 & 2 hoses underneath. Will clean out the throttle body and air intake while I have it open.
The PHH was a breeze (except for the lower bolt on the metal pipe) compared to the FHH's and hoses under the throttle body, which were very difficult to remove. They appeared to be the originals(with the old tuna opener clamps) and the rubber had fused to their connection points.
I wish I could take credit for all this work, but I ended up needing quite a bit of help removing the throttle body and removing what seemed to be impossible to access hoses. My husband was extremely helpful, and I knew it was hard because I heard things come out of his mouth that I had never heard before while getting at those hoses! He has zero auto repair experience, and was very gracious in letting me break my land cruiser promise! When I first posed the idea a few months ago of getting a 20 year old LC with 214k miles on it he thought I was crazy! It took some convincing.....but his one condition was that I would have to do all maintenance and repairs because he didn't have time to get sucked into it. Well I promised, but knew deep down it would be something we could have fun with and work on together eventually. And I was right, we are half way through this cooling system overhaul and loving/hating it together!! I even heard him tell one of his friends he was working on "HIS" land cruiser instead of his typical description of "my wife's 20 year old gas guzzler". He even pointed out an 80 series on the road while driving today.....I think the LC addiction is slowly growing within him, he is definitely showing the early signs!!! Wow, just realized how long this post was....but it's been a long weekend with alot accomplished, so sounds about right.
