Cooling system plumbing

[kabacj]

Although I am sure the corrugated cooling tubes work just fine as included in the kit,I wanted to try my hand at building a custom piping system. I picked up a one of those box of bends kits similar to the type offered for turbo setup. Tubing is 11 gauge mandrel bent polished aluminum sized for our cooling application I think it kind of looks like a Harley exhaust the way it goes down the spine of the car. I still need to cut down the silicone elbows attaching the tubing to the rad and do the finish welding.



The Kit I got did not have beads on the end of the tubing and I don't have the right tool to put a bead on a 1.5 inch tube. So I ended up welding up a bead and turning it down. Slightly time consuming, but hey its what I have tools for.




I thought of putting a bleeder on the top most bend on the drivers side of the tubing, not sure I can put it in the ideal place however as the elbow is silicone. Anybody have other ideas of how to bleed the system without pulling the pipes off to let air out when you fill up the coolant?

John