avivalasvegas Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 Any recommended/ reputed brand? A purchase link would be much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 Silicone are good, you can get red ones Club shop have black, coloured 20% extra Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 What!!! Change it before it starts leaking! Sounds too much like correct preventive maintenance to me 😄👍 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, Mathew said: What!!! Change it before it starts leaking! Sounds too much like correct preventive maintenance to me 😄👍 Yes, people like that should be banned from the forum they give the rest of us a bad name. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Clark Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 Club Shop black silicone fit well, last apparently forever, and look original. I've had sets on my GT6 and TR6 for over 10 years and they are still in good condition. Best to fit them with stainless clips. Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Nigel Clark said: Club Shop black silicone fit well, last apparently forever ...and are no fun for anyone who likes tinkering... for Triumph owners, 'long life' are two four letter words.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 8 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said: ...and are no fun for anyone who likes tinkering... for Triumph owners, 'long life' are two four letter words.... Don't worry colin, like all improvements it will show a weakness elsewhere . There is always somthing to tinker with! Thats why we love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverclasper Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 On 01/04/2021 at 21:01, dougbgt6 said: Silicone are good, you can get red ones No yellow (or chrome coloured) Doug 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 Dave, I noticed the car in question was red. I have considered yellow for mine, but I think that might be a step too far, although I do have yellow dust caps on the tyres. Grand kids gave them to me so I had to use them. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverclasper Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 27 minutes ago, dougbgt6 said: Grand kids gave them to me so I had to use them. Not a quiet little Santa wish for anything yellow in the kids ears then, or do they know you too well?. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avivalasvegas Posted May 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 Ended up buying this hose. Not silicon but £50 cheaper than the club shop set. https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-GRH513 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 its obviously cheaper you are only buying a single hose not a club set and its chinessssse rubber not silicon the club set with lifetime warranty is £140 , yes maybe more than many wish to pay but they are fit and forget for life not replace every couple of years full of splits etc. Pete 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avivalasvegas Posted May 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 I'm curious to know how long the rubber hose lasts. It is, to your point, lacking in quality. But for <£20 (vs. £140), is a bit more pragmatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted May 25, 2021 Report Share Posted May 25, 2021 Over here Colin it’s Indian rubber we had saloon engine mounts supplied by a local Triumph specialist that if you were lucky lasted a year, tracked back to India manufacture, the vulcanising failed. We still have a local manufacturer who makes rubber hoses of good quality called McKay there local so I’ve always been able to find them but not Vitesse as not originally Aus CKD, I assume McKay supplied AMI in the day as CKD local manufacture component so have the formers/moulds Got a set of Spitty ones ex WA from a known Triumph eBayer at $60 look and feel good in fact there were 2 spare small formed hoses that don’t fit our Spitty that fitted the Vitesse heater so that was a bonus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 but your comparing a single hose with a full kit if you get 2/3 years out of your single buy rubber youre lucky and rimmers rubbers a bottom hose is more £11 and a full kit £82 so sill£con is not quite double but lasts for ever most rubbers degrade quite quickly with the outer skin cracking early I dont have silcon on the 2000 as yet but next change will be but they are less available than the small chassis cars a rubber kit from Chris witor is £41 +v i fully understand the cost implications but we are surrounded by very inferior rubber products with limited life or deep pockets and everlasting agree its not everyones choice Pete Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Twitchen Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 12 hours ago, avivalasvegas said: a bit more pragmatic But can I recommend you carry some self-amalgamating hose repair tape; got me out of trouble on Laon Historique with something similar, not very old and no warning. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 44 minutes ago, Dick Twitchen said: But can I recommend you carry some self-amalgamating hose repair tape; got me out of trouble on Laon Historique with something similar, not very old and no warning. Dick Plus one on the tape. Going home early morning in the 90's my spitfire burst one of the small hoses by the manifold. The whole duel carriage way was covered with white smoke. A bit of tape and the water from the window washer got me the next 10 miles home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 When my GT6 was reborn in 2013 (was it really that long ago? ) I bought a quality rubber hose set, I think from the club shop. They still look in reasonable condition, but when one fails, and it will, I shall be replacing with silicone. Quality rubber hoses are increasingly rare and I wouldn't risk it, you get what you pay for. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avivalasvegas Posted May 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 Again, no disagreements on the merits of silicon vs Chinese rubber. I'll be sure replace all hoses at one go in a couple years. For now, all hoses look and feel supple except the lower hose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 The problem with mine it that it is a sort of hydrid and none of the kits of hoses have all the required bendy bits. I don't recall seeing individual silicone hoses or hose by the metre, but must be honest, I haven't looked since you all helped me sort out my plumbing a couple of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 its about in variuos shapes angles diameters eg https://www.carbuilder.com/uk/search?q=silicon+hose&cid=0&isc=true&mid=0&pf=&pt=&adv=false&isc=false&sid=false Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 Thanks Pete. Will the convoluted hose be suitable for heater, radiator etc and does it bend fairly sharply? Obviously not the duct hose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 I have no idea im into nasty cheap rubber just now .but having saved up in covid lock down the skys the limit on trucks we changed to silly years back nice red ones , dealers would send black rubber back as warranty ...........on your bike hitting the reject button gave us annoying power to really upset crooks in high places same with electronic injectors full of rusty crap and at £800 a pop we were very popular happy days Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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