What's up with this hose?

jvb6648 · April 16, 2020, 09:28:45 AM

68 Z 3892650 hose. Hose seems a little too long. Does anyone have a straight end to end measurement for this. Or am I missing something?

janobyte · April 16, 2020, 11:13:46 AM

Before I opened the pic, was going to say trim, as I did mine. Yours, going to throw the angles off, shroud, etc..agree too long. Shoot a pic to the vendor, refund/replace. I had to take alittle off of both sides with mine, but came out nice and maintained stated min. distance to fanbelt. Lower was fine.

Stingr69 · April 17, 2020, 08:18:22 AM

Looks more like a '70's Z/28 hose.

jvb6648 · April 17, 2020, 09:48:21 AM

I'm waiting for the vendor to reply. I'll probably wind up cutting to fit.

janobyte · April 17, 2020, 01:15:28 PM

Whooo.. just did mine week before last. Dont know where you got it from,,for the price send it back. Shouldnt have to do alot of surgery to get it right. Hugs the shroud nice,dont know how far off the alt belt you are, but by pics, looks like your going to be into the bend by the therm housing. Honestly, just some friendly advise. Cut it, you own it.

janobyte · April 17, 2020, 01:57:05 PM

BTW, the AIM specs min distance from the belt. Dont know the UPC off hand, but you can now download it off of Heartbeat City, the aim. It should all look good, no kinks, and way more then the min spec.

jvb6648 · April 17, 2020, 02:06:40 PM

Rick's, customer service turned it over to Tech Support. I'm past the return period. (30 days). So still wait and see.

x66 714 · April 17, 2020, 03:26:03 PM

I have one on my car I found at a dealer years ago. It measures 18" as the crow flies. Much smaller font also..Joe

janobyte · April 17, 2020, 04:52:25 PM

Quote from: jvb6648 on April 17, 2020, 02:06:40 PM
Rick's, customer service turned it over to Tech Support. I'm past the return period. (30 days). So still wait and see.

Ricks...not to rant, was a great place when he actually got on the phone with me, talked me out of a repo locking gas cap, said it was junk...

They should at least give credit. Opinions vary, been happy with HBC, not the only one, but been great through my build,,order another one. I think Ecklers deducts/restock fee.

Try Camaro Specialties also,,nice to actually talk to owners in this day and age.

jvb6648 · April 20, 2020, 10:41:54 AM

Thanks Joe, this one measures 20".
No reply yet.

jvb6648 · April 22, 2020, 12:39:19 PM

Finally got a reply, apparently they're pretty busy. opted for the newer hose.

Sorry about the delay, we are doing our best to keep up at the moment.

I checked the hoses we have here, we have a couple in stock from last year and some newer ones from February. The newer ones are shorter by a bit on each end, I agree. No one has let us know they have had fitment issues until you have, so we have been unaware of any issues. The hose you have can be trimmed to fit if you are needing to get in on asap. If you do not wish to, I would be happy to get this hose here I have out to you, not a problem. Just please let me know either way.

jvb6648 · April 24, 2020, 05:47:23 PM

I guess I'll have to cut it after all. You can put these hoses side by side in various
positions and make either hose appear longer or shorter than the other. I thought I was going crazy. Bottom line is when either one is installed they are both too long. At least I have two, one extra if I screw it up.

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