i'm going to buy a wrench tonight to remove my oil cooler hoses. i measured the fittings on the end of the hose by setting a crescent wrench to it and then measuring the opening... it looked like 31 mm to me. but pelican sells a 32 mm wrench for these lines.... anyone know if that is the correct size for an 87 turbo?

 

They are 32mm...

 

thanks for the quick reply. since that worked so well i'll ask another:

it appears that the oil cooler hoses thread onto a threaded nipple. in order to unscrew the hose without unscrewing the nipple i would like to put a wrench on there, too. via the same measurement method, i measured that as a 26mm... anyone know if that is correct or is it really a 27?

 

in case anyone is wondering:
the wrench sizes are 32mm and 27mm.

you can not remove the longer oil cooler hose (the one that goes the metal pipe to the upper oil cooler port) with a wrench without taking out a tie rod, which i have decided would be more difficult than removing that damned oil cooler "console" again. there goes a 1 year old $35 oil cooler seal and a solid saturday afternoon.

 

Crows foot sockets will allow you to remove the oil cooler lines easily.

 

any idea where i can get a 32 mm crows foot without waiting 6-8 weeks for delivery?

 

FOLLOW UP:

yes, the longer oil cooler hose can be removed without taking the oil cooler cover off! thanks very much to Tom for saving me from wasting half a day and a basically new seal!!!

the trick is that no one (not even snap on) makes big metric crows foot sockets, but fortunately 32mm=1.259" so a 1 1/4 crows foot socket fits fine. i tracked down the snap on truck and gladly spent $28 to save pulling that cover!

it was cool becuase the truck guy asked me what kind of car i was working on, and when i told him he smiled and said "oil cooler hose, huh?" winning my eternal loyalty.