starting my 4.6 swap

[RICH MUISE]

Gary........lower radiator hose. What are you using, and of course to go along with that, what radiator thermostat housing are you using? Does your housing face forward?
I've got a loopdy-loop type of rubber hose that was actually the mid section of a longer hose. No problem with cooling issues, ,but the only hose I could find that was the right shape was the correct size on the engine side, but smaller on the radiator side, so I've got a Mickey Mouse setup with rubber bushings to step it down to the hose diameter. I've got a leak there that keeps coming back, so time to address the problem. I lose about 2 quarts a month,btw.

[canadian_ranchero]

look at reply 243 you can see the thermostat housing i am using.it is off a late 90's taurus 4 valve 3 liter.it is the same as the mark but has no fitting for the expansion tank.you can also see i used the stainless steel flexible rad hose[i do not have a picture of the lower hose but did use the same ss rad hose]i also changed the hose from the oil filter adapter[from a 2000 crown vic. the hose outlet is higher] to a 45 from the straight hose.if you look at reply 178 you can see where my rad hoses go on the radiator.hope this helps

[RICH MUISE]

Thanks for looking up your old posts.....appreciated.
Now I know what you did won't help. Radiator outlets are totally different, so which engine components you used won't help me. I bought some ss hose kits like you used, but couldn't use them........the bends were too radical.