Rich, sleeving down the radiator hose was a trick I learned from an oldtime radiator shop owner back in the late 1950's- - - - -it works like a champ as long as NO sealer or other lubricant is used, just one dry-fit hose over a short sleeve of a smaller one.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!