Re: Engine Bay detailing on a '56 dual carb car
Posted by BH On 2012/7/24 22:09:40
I doubt that the double-wire, screw-adjusting clamps were authentic to the original build.
For service, the Radiator section of the 55-56 parts book shows Corbin spring wire clamps at ALL radiator hose ends, EXCEPT one - the water pump, which uses a screw-adjusting band type clamp. While the quantities per car specified in the parts book don't quite add up, I believe that only one band type clamp was used simply because the water pump casting isn't barbed - like the tube fittings on the radiator, trans cooler, and engine water outlet.
Figure 5 in the Radiator and Cooling section of the 55-56 shop manual shows the band type clamp. It's also shown in Figure 6, together with a spring wire clamp on the trans cooler end.
Also, there are special tools available to install/remove the Corbin spring wire clamp. The one that I have (and prefer), from back in the day, is similar in construction to a pair of slip-joint pliers, but with jaws grooved in two directions to grip the "ears" - straight-on or at a right-angle.
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For service, the Radiator section of the 55-56 parts book shows Corbin spring wire clamps at ALL radiator hose ends, EXCEPT one - the water pump, which uses a screw-adjusting band type clamp. While the quantities per car specified in the parts book don't quite add up, I believe that only one band type clamp was used simply because the water pump casting isn't barbed - like the tube fittings on the radiator, trans cooler, and engine water outlet.
Figure 5 in the Radiator and Cooling section of the 55-56 shop manual shows the band type clamp. It's also shown in Figure 6, together with a spring wire clamp on the trans cooler end.
Also, there are special tools available to install/remove the Corbin spring wire clamp. The one that I have (and prefer), from back in the day, is similar in construction to a pair of slip-joint pliers, but with jaws grooved in two directions to grip the "ears" - straight-on or at a right-angle.
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