I was remembering over the weekend that they also used to sell thin
walled corrugated tubes to do exactly what the OP wants.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

doug wrote:
>
> Back in the day when I worked as a mechanic, we would take a hacksaw blade
> and trim each pipe so it was just as long as the width of a good quality
> hose clamp. Never had a callback.
>
> doug
>
> "mike" > wrote in message
> ...
> > My neighbor has an old Ford truck. There's a coolant hose between the
> > water pump and the intake manifold. The distance between the pump and the
> > manifold is about two inches. But the gap between the ends of the pipes
> > is only about 0.3".
> > Cutting the old hose off was easy. How do you get
> > the new hose on without taking off the water pump?
> >
> > Thanks, mike
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