'69 battery box grommets

[Marc R.]

I'm looking for the grommets that go in the battery box for the battery vent hoses. Anyone know a source? I talked to Paragon and they said they may start making them, but that's the best I've done. Apparently, I'm the first to inquire about them? Say what?

[Joe L.]

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I'm looking for the grommets that go in the battery box for the battery vent hoses. Anyone know a source? I talked to Paragon and they said they may start making them, but that's the best I've done. Apparently, I'm the first to inquire about them? Say what?

Marc-----


If Paragon starts making these grommets they will have invented a part that GM never originally used for any 68-75 Corvette. There are no grommets in the holes for the battery vent hoses----the hoses simply go through the holes in the bottom of the battery box. The hoses fit relatively tightly in the holes and, so, no grommet could even be used. It's as simple as that.

[Marc R.]

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I've seen a '73 with 10,000 miles--untouched. It has them. Paragon's tech also said they were supposed to be there. I know you're the man, so what's up?

[Marc R.]

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Also the hoses 'everbody' sells will fall right through the holes so something is wrong here.

[Lawrence M.]

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Hi Marc, My late '69 was like Joe's, no battery vent hose grommet. The reproduction 3 rib vent hose fit so tight in the hole as to be water proof. No grommet needed. The hole in your battery box floor should be about diameter of the vent hose.

[Terry M.]

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No grommets in my 1970. I have not had the need/opportunity to test the size of reproduction vent hose. The original ribbed hose fits fine in the holes.

[Lawrence M.]

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Hi Marc, I just checked M.F. Dobbins Fact Book on 73-77 Stingrays. Page 9 has a picture of the bottom of a 1973 battery box. The vent hoses have no grommets. Rich Bizzocos 1969 Stingray Guidebook has a picture on page156 of the bottom of a '69 battery box with the small vent hose holes, but does not mention if it is an early or late car.

Larry

[Marc R.]

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OK...The hoses I purchased from Paragon fall right through the holes. I'm looking at a '73 owned by a woman who hasn't touched it since pop died. It has grommets and snug hoses. What's wrong with this picture?

[Joe L.]

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OK...The hoses I purchased from Paragon fall right through the holes. I'm looking at a '73 owned by a woman who hasn't touched it since pop died. It has grommets and snug hoses. What's wrong with this picture?

Marc-----


I have no idea why the 73 you mention has grommets. The 1973 AIM shows no grommets. The 1974 AIM shows no grommets. The 1975 AIM shows no grommets and that was the last year that used the hoses.

The 1968-72 AIM's show no grommets. My original owner late 1969 has no grommets. A friend's original owner early 1969 has no grommets.

Why do the Paragon hoses fall through the holes? Very likely because the hose OD dimensions have changed over the years. It may not be possible to obtain hose anymore that has the original dimensions.The original hose is 3/8" OD, 3/16" ID. The holes are 3/8".

[Greg L.]

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I'll bet that the Paragon hoses are a metric "equivelant" size and that is why they don't fit snug.

[Harmon C.]

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I'm with the pack no grommets on battery box hoses 73-75. Their is a special plug in the bottom and center of the battery box.

[Jim T.]

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No gromments on my original owner 68 and 70, I still have the original battery caps with original hoses but have not used them for many years.

[Patrick H.]

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No grommets on the 72:

[Don L.]

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"Why do the Paragon hoses fall through the holes? Very likely because the hose OD dimensions have changed over the years. It may not be possible to obtain hose anymore that has the original dimensions.The original hose is 3/8" OD, 3/16" ID. The holes are 3/8"."

Just put calipers on my '72, which has Restoration Battery repros (likely where Paragon buys?). Unribbed repro tubes measure 0.355" OD at the location where they come through the well. Out at the end, they measure 0.375" OD. They fit snuggly with no gromments. Marc, it sounds like your observed holes may have been "relieved" somewhere along the way??

[Ralph S.]

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I am the original owner of an April 1973 car [no grommets] for vent hoses.