Need heater hoses upper, lower driver side,one passenger side. Can not get thru Jaguar of Oklahoma city. not at Auto Zone,Oreiley or NAPA. If I could find 5/8 ID flex high temp hose would go that rout.

I want to replace the smog check valve, someone said GMC or Ford went to parts store all they had was a single inlet I need a T on top. All of the smog junk is hooked up so I don't want to disconnect just need part to hook back up. Is there a way to modify the GMC check valve and add a T?

Thank you for any help.

 

Heater hoses, try XK Unlimited in San Loius Obispo, they have helped me over many years with odd stuff, and heater hoses are NOT odd in anyones opinion.

Smog stuff, no idea, we did not get that stuff, but making something fit is always possible with some "outside of box" thinking.

 

Try Jaguar Heaven in Stockton, CA

I have ordered coolant hoses for my 88' from them.

 

I might be missing something here, but, aren't we talking about just buying several feet of 5/8" Gates hose and cutting to length for heater hoses and ordering Gates radiator hoses from any parts store? I'm heading into the same project in a week or so and making sure I'm not screwed up.

 

HA.

Heater hoses at the back of a V12 engine are a "just fit" item, and "universal" types will rub on the TX valve, cam cover flange, and all sorts of items and then it will fail, and once more the Jag gets bagged coz it broke.

In all my many, many years in spare parts I have never seen heater hoses listed by Gates, Mackay, Unipart, Dayco, or anyone else, for the V12. Sometimes the LH top radiator hose appears, as does the lower radiator hose, but I have never used them.

They are CHEAP genuine, so I really never bother with make shift.

I got some genuine recently for the trusty 1963 MK10, so I reckon a bit of effort will source the correct hoses for an '80's Jag without much stress.

Not the fastest moving part, I agree, but still readily available, even up there.

 

I just got my rear heater hoses at "rock auto" there euro parts, seemed pretty solid to me and so far working great.

 

Want to thank everyone, bought 3 heater hoses the 2- 1" vac hoses replaced them with your help. It fixed some problems. I now have no leaks, heat comes out of floor vents,motor no longer hesitates when taking off from dead stop. Today I was getting on Highway on ramp doing 40mph punched it the front of car came up tires still on ground started to lower some hit 2nd gear rared up again and leaped forward, now I know what the leaper emblem actually means. It has never ran this good.

Thank you for all the help.

 

AH, a V12 "on song", what a spine chilling feeling, and one you will NEVER get over.