New lower radiator hose

OK, this was pretty much the last item on the engine that had been bugging me. In the middle and bottom picture you can see the "Frankenstein" hose that I spliced together to use with the LCE header. It worked OK but I was never comfortable with it -- it always struck me as more of a hack than a real solution, so in the back of my mind I had always intended to remake it in stainless steel. Well, I finally got around to doing that, and I think it turned out great! I'll add some pictures of it installed once I get it all back together to illustrate the problem I was trying to solve: I wanted a hose that went around the alternator and then dropped down in front of the alternator, between the alternator and the fan shroud. The extra fitting is for the heater hose, which on the stock 22RTE ties into the lower radiator hose.

This attaches to the water pump using a short piece of straight radiator hose (not pictured). The accordion section is also stainless steel, something I salvaged from a local surplus yard, and it should allow for engine movement.