Put my heater hoses and surge tank
Put on new heater hoses and coolant tank from Simple Engineering.
The hoses just lay in place and the new tank allows me to easily see the fluid level. I highly recommend buying this new coolant tank when you buy the hoses. The tank allows you to see the fluid level, and watch the system burp itself. It really is an active part of the system. I could not do that with my OEM tank, nor with the aluminum tank on one R that I worked on last weekend.
Top notch stuff from
@Mike in AZ (as usual)
As this is the third set, first on my R, I’ll pass on a tip to make it real easy.
No tools are needed for the heater hoses on the firewall. As you press inward on the white retaining clips next to the firewall, gently push the hose towards the firewall to relieve the pressure and allow the clip to release. Then rotate the housing and do the same for the opposing retaining clip. The retaining clips will make a little clicking sound when they release from the outer housing. Then hold both retaining clips on the outside of the black housing, closer to the firewall, against the aluminum tubing and pull the hose off the retainer clips.
To pull the retainer clips off, simply pull them outward with your fingers, off the tubing and forward. Again, no tools.
Tools required for the job: 8mm for the engine cover, 10mm for the surge tank,
small channel locks for the clips on the heater hoses. 18mm for the rear shock retaining nut.
The new hoses are setup with new o-rings and retainers and simply click on and lay in place. Really slick stuff
@Mike in AZ.
Attached are a 3 pics.
Before, the Dex-Cool is at the cold fill line, can you tell?
The new hoses.
The new surge tank, Dex-Cool just below the full line.
(Sorry for the pic rotation.. I’ll try and fix tomorrow on my computer)