G'day Guys,
Sorry I haven't posted back here sooner, life has been giving me a bit of a
up the ol'
recently!
So, I priced OEM parts through Peter Stevens, the two hoses were around $30 & $40 each, and he couldn't get any in. Thermostat was around $90, and he couldn't get one in... So I just went with what I had, made sure the hoses didn't have any serious bends, I'm pretty hopeful I'm got it all right.
For the answer to the million dollar question: 'Why did the hose blow out...' the outlet from the thermostat housing to the recovery bottle was blocked tight with crud, to the point where I had to employ drill to make a hole to get some wire through. I'm
presuming this only happened after the flush, as I'd been riding with no dramas up until then, including a couple longish runs on pretty warm days.
Thanks for the input and advise, now on to working out why the fan died not long after getting it back on the road