Technical Heater hose connector looks like crap installed

Is there a shorter threaded version? I can't find anything different.

 

Is that aluminum? NPT is tapered thread. I would be game to lightly knock the threads down and rethread with the taper topping out at the hex. there should be enough meat

 

Stainless steel connector. Summit brand. I looked at all the parts stores and the stock there is no different.

 

I use one that is 90 degree--lays low

 

Can you run an NPT tap deeper in the intake then to take up the extra threads?

 

^^^^^I have done that. Go slow and frequently test. Too much and the hex will bottom out before the tapered threads are tight.

 

Unless you need to use stainless steel, lots of options out there. Dorman products, same part number
at Summit, 500-003-1 Look up heater hose connections for mid-60's Chevys, small block or large. Lots
of stuff.

 

The things people worry about . Looks fine to me the way it is , if it doesn't leak , its great !

 

It's called attention to the details and I commend the OP for it.

 

Yep, if it bugs you, it bugs you.
I'm bugged by the fitting that plugs the hole in the top of my small block water pump.
I'm thinking about finding a solid plug and grinding the top flush.

OP. Maybe grind the hex off and slide the hose down to the intake surface. The make internal pipe wrenches.

 

That crap bugged me so much I ran all braided steel hoses with AN / NPT fittings.
Tip - clean away excess teflon tape once fittings are tight with a little brass brush. Brush in the same direction as the threads and it comes right off.

 

^^^ have done that on top of Chevy WP

 

Could you just add a bushing/ring/cylinder of Stainless to cover up the threads? Way less work than rethreading.

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Wait until you put a hose on it. Feel free to continue panicking after that if you still don't like it.

 

Why didn't you polish it?

 

You can get chrome ones from Gardner Wescott.

 

Thread the hole deeper or chuck the fitting up in a lathe a cut the thread deeper . No matter what the seller says , it’s off shore parts again. .threads are not correct , between intake and new fitting . The OEM intake and fitting had only 2 threads showing below the hex . I wish we lived more near , I had fix you up in a jiffy . Seal the threads with blue Lock Tite and wish it well .

 

Should avoid stainless steel in aluminum, the galvanic corrosion is much greater than if you use plain steel or galvanized.


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