Work on the old Fiat ground to a halt as I was waiting for some materials to be delivered. COVID still rears its ugly head on the supply chain. This latest task consisted of replacing the coolant hoses with styrene tubing. The original vinyl hoses had hardened over the decades to the point where they crumbled when I removed them from the engine. That shouldn't be a problem with the new styrene hoses, which you can see in the shot below. I didn't have a razor saw blade for cutting the tubing, so I used my pipe cutter instead. It worked surprisingly well. My next challenge is to fabricate, using styrene tubing, the upper radiator hose, which has an "S" shape. After doing some research, it appears the best way to do this is to immerse the tubing in very hot water, which softens the styrene, and bend it into shape without getting scalded.
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