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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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no, just use a correctly sized piece of steel.
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/21/08 08:46 AM
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Maybe I should re-phrase my question...
When engines were originally assembled, what was used to tighten the heater and by-pass hose nipples? 
I'd like to know too!!! 
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/21/08 09:58 AM
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How about a drag link socket?
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/21/08 05:16 PM
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I'm guessing but OE installs were probably a special socket designed with keys inside it to align with the slots
This is what I was thinking, but was there never a special service tool (or whatever Mopar called their specific tools) that they used at dealerships back in the day? Surely they didn't use Vice-Grip(tm) pliers evry time. 
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/21/08 08:35 PM
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I'm guessing but OE installs were probably a special socket designed with keys inside it to align with the slots
This is what I was thinking, but was there never a special service tool (or whatever Mopar called their specific tools) that they used at dealerships back in the day? Surely they didn't use Vice-Grip(tm) pliers evry time.
ahhh , why wouldn't they ??
what engine are you looking for this non existent tool for ?
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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I'm guessing but OE installs were probably a special socket designed with keys inside it to align with the slots
This is what I was thinking, but was there never a special service tool (or whatever Mopar called their specific tools) that they used at dealerships back in the day? Surely they didn't use Vice-Grip(tm) pliers evry time.
ahhh , why wouldn't they ??
what engine are you looking for this non existent tool for ?
Um, because they are professional mechanics. 
Just your standard Small Block LA engine, but the application isn't important really.
You can use a screwdriver and hammer to remove an ignition switch bezel, but we all know there's a correct tool designed for removeing the bezel. I just want to know if there is such a tool for installing and removing heater hose nipples. Maybe it doesn't exist, I dunno...that's why I'm asking. 
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/21/08 08:48 PM
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Um, because they are professional mechanics.
 now thats some funny stuff right there
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/21/08 10:10 PM
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Yup all the Chrysler mechanics back then had every tool in the manuals and never skipped a step or used a homemade tool. 
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/22/08 12:12 AM
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Back to the question, was there ever a master list of Special Service tools?
are you unable to finish assembling your engine without the tool or is this for your doctorite in auto technology ???
 ... it was a joke son ...
i just looked thru my 69 shop manual , there is not torque spec , no tool listed and not even a procedure to do what you are asking about .
maybe you should have asked this question in the over restored section ??? 
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/22/08 01:30 AM
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Back to the question, was there ever a master list of Special Service tools?
Miller Special Tools manufactures Chrysler Corporation service tools.
I have quite a few of their catalogs going back to the mid 70's.
Never have seen anything in any of the catalogs for a "special tool" used on the hose fitting nipples.
Thanks. 
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/22/08 01:59 AM
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/28/14 10:47 AM
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/28/14 10:48 AM
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They're chrome plated steel. The early morning sunrise is reflecting on them making them appear to be brass. Very useful when pulling out frozen/galled old nipples.
Boy..........the last part of that post could sure take this thread off in the ditch .
I always just used a small piece of steel, never thought about a tool.
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/28/14 11:44 AM
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The only problem with the internal pipe wrench is it grabs the inside and scratches and gouges the gavanizing off the inside of the nipple which in time will cause it to rust, This is why I several mopar engine builders had me make them.
Last edited by johnscudashop; 06/28/14 11:47 AM.
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/28/14 11:56 AM
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The only problem with the internal pipe wrench is it grabs the inside and scratches and gouges the gavanizing off the inside of the nipple which in time will cause it to rust, This is why I several mopar engine builders had me make them.
Ok, I'll bite. pm sent
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/28/14 01:01 PM
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Jeez guys. A small piece of sheet metal, of the correct thickness, with vice grips or a crescent wrench and the job is done. No special tool needed, no scratching the nipple. Done, simple. Don't overthink the task at hand. 
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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06/28/14 02:30 PM
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Yes, they will rust even with coolant. Look at a set of original nipples the insides are always corroded and a bear to remove.There is a reason why water pump manufacturers galvanize their pump impellers .. Coolant passages in a block are much thicker than the metal the nipple is made out of ,not including the increased pressure through the small diameter nipple that the water passages dont experience..., A piece of sheet metal to turn the slot? Not too sure if that would work.,Reason why is ,The slot is .125 wide and only .150 deep,Since the steel nipples are pipe thread and tapered its very important to make sure the nipples are tight. A peice of sheet metal closest to that size would be 11 ga (around .119 thick) Since its only going down .150 into the slot ,I wouldn't think that you could get it tight enough before the sheet metal fatigues. This is why the aftermarket ones you buy from the Auto Parts Store have a hex on the end to be tightened .These are milled to fit the slot and are made from 316 Stainless steel.They are $40 plus $5 shipping USA. I only made a short supply of these. You can email me direct at jrivinius@sc.rr.com for a paypal invoice. Thank you Moparts
Last edited by johnscudashop; 06/28/14 02:49 PM.
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Re: Heater & By-Pass Hose Nipples- Tool for Installing?
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07/04/14 12:05 PM
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Thanks John for providing tools to help hobbyists like me. I have a whole separate drawer in my tool box for Mopar specific tools, all labeled for identification. A friend of mine who's a professional mechanic really likes the torsion bar tool.
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