Civic radiator w/o paying welder

[getnpsi]

Any hints on a close fitting oem lower hose? Would a silicone hose kit from ebay work 2 pieced?

[M3NTAL]

The problem I had was the front trans mount sat too close to the radiator. So I had it relocated.

[gergorian]

The problem I had was the front trans mount sat too close to the radiator. So I had it relocated.

Did you relocate the lower port to the side of the rad? Thats what I had a friend do for me. Also, do you happen to have pics of your rad setuip so I can get some ideas for mine? ( sorry if I thread-jacked a bit. )

[bravekozak]

Like I said before, I tilted my Festiva rad because of the Aspire sway bar. I have one Festiva rad bracket and one Aspire rad bracket to hold it. You can't tell it's tilted.

[1chrisapple]

Any hints on a close fitting oem lower hose? Would a silicone hose kit from ebay work 2 pieced?

I would think as long as the radiator isn't hitting anything u can adapt it with enough silicone elbows and some pipe to make it work
here something I pulled up quickly I don't even know if it is the right size but u can get silicone hoses small enough id say

http://www.ebay.com/itm/90-ELBOW-1-25-ID-BLACK-SILICONE-COUPLER-HI-PERFORMANCE-5-PLY-HOSE-/400303579627?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d33f3e1eb&vxp=mtr

[sketchman]

^This. Exactly what I did with my Escort and the Civic rad. I used cut up pieces of rad hose, but same idea. Used some emt conduit from Lowes for the hard pipe to bridge the cut up rad hose pieces.





I know it's not a Festiva, but it shows the idea.

I also fabbed a lower rad mount bar from some angle steel and ubolts. Didn't get pics of that, but it's very easy and cheap if you have to have someone else do it. Top mount is a vinyl coated piece of wire coat hanger. Sounds redneck, but it works very well.