battery drain hose

remi_emond · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:36 pm Post subject: battery drain hose

I'm searching the rubber hose that connect to the battery drain pan on the M38 cowl battery box. I would prefer NOS but good used or repro will be OK.
Remi

GregS · Member Joined: Apr 13, 2005 Posts: 174

Remi,

I have been looking for that a while too. If you find a source let me know. It is a molded hose. I have one, but it is bad shape.

Greg

wesk · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject:

John at Midwest Military has them. I don't recall if it fits both early and late firewalls since the hole is on opposite sides of the right toe board gusset.
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GregS · Member Joined: Apr 13, 2005 Posts: 174

Last John advised me was he had stock for the M38a1 not the M38.

I will check again.

remi_emond · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:56 pm Post subject:

I checked with John at Midwest Military and it is not available, he is working on repro.
Mine have the first elbow broken. I have search for bendable hose to make one without success.
Thanks.
Remi

wesk · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:41 pm Post subject:

Perhaps that's the conversation with John I recall on the new drain hose project.

I did a little investigating myself a while ago. The early firewall has the drain hole on the right (outboard) side of the toe board gusset. This creates a need for a double bent drain hose. The later firewall has the hole on the left (Inboard) side of the toe board gusset. This puts the hole almost in perfect straight through alignmemnt with the hole in the battery box. Thus no need for the double bends.

Early

Late

1952 (late) hose installation.
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keats · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject:

years ago I was also looking for a NOS drain hose for my M38. Before i found one I used an M38A1 hose and where the elbow is needed at the top through the dash I used a spring inside the hose to hold its shape as I pushed it through. It worked great and very hard to notice if at all.

remi_emond · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject:

what is the difference between M38 hose and the A1? Is someone can post image?
Thanks
Remi

Cacti_Ken · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject:

For some reason, My firewall has a battery drain hole on each side of the brace. I looks factory punched and not drilled by someone.
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