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MG TD TF 1500 - TF Water Hoses

Does anyone know or have a method of removing the water hoses without losing their knuckles, temper or dismantling half the TF.
R J Marshall

LOL! If you find a way, be sure you put it out to the public! The top hose is the worst. If your replacing it with a new one, I'd just cut a section out of the middle and pull the rest off, putting the new one back on is easier if you heat it up in a pan of hot water, but still a bear if it's the original type. PJ
PJ Jennings

Cut them off. I went with a more flexible type of hose for the upper to aid in assembly this last time.

Still a pita .
L E D LaVerne

Use a hacksaw , not a Stanley knife
Ask me how i know this
J A Davies

I removed the thermostat elbow to do the top one, was replacing the thermostat and gasket.

Did the lower ones with the carbs away for overhaul, I am going to say I planned it that way!

Still a PITA!

Peter
P G Gilvarry

Thank you for your tips.
It isn't the top hose that is the problem - you can get to that one. The two hoses that come from the block to the cast pipe and then feed into the bottom of the radiator are the pigs. Get one on, and the others don't fit ....

I bought new hoses last week and they took me about a day to fit!

My feeling is that you need thin walled hoses which will flex.

Any ideas?
Bob
R J Marshall

Bob,
removing the thermostat housing enables you to fit the "Y" piece to pump hose first. Now you fit the hose to the stat housing and ease into place on the "y" piece then fasten the stat housing onto the head.
Much easier than skinning your knuckles. You TD owners have it made.
Somebody on this site once said that they put the TF water pump on the line and built the rest of the car around it.
Ray TF 2884


PS Silicon hoses help.

Ray Lee

This thread was discussed between 17/04/2018 and 18/04/2018

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