bending a coolant line.
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bending a coolant line.
there is a coolant line on the exhaust side that has a bracket mounted onto one of the bottom manifold studs. i need to bend it because i dont have enough clearance on my dp and wg dump tube.
Has anyone ever bent this pipe or done something similar? ive never heated and bent a pipe but think i can manage it.
i was thinking of doing something like this.
the pipe in the video is solid steel and i probably wont need much heat to bend the coolant pipe.
Looking for advice on how to bend it.
This is the pipe that needs to be bent.
Has anyone ever bent this pipe or done something similar? ive never heated and bent a pipe but think i can manage it.
i was thinking of doing something like this.
the pipe in the video is solid steel and i probably wont need much heat to bend the coolant pipe.
Looking for advice on how to bend it.
This is the pipe that needs to be bent.
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If you fill it with a frozen dish soap and water solution then bend it, You'll have a better chance at a ghetto mandrel bend. That's how the bends are done in trumpets and other brass instruments. The soapy solution stays in place without corks and it has just the right amount of give. Try sixty to seventy percent dawn soap and thirty to forty percent water. By volume of course.
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i tried heating and bending and it didnt work lol. i think because the torch was too small. but i filled it with sand then stuck it inside the base of a engine hoist and got it to bend. it is perfect now
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