Spent some time looking at how to posts and did not see anything quite like this.
79 tahiti, bbc, panther logs, thru transom exh. The connecting flex hoses are toast (old) and must be replaced.
- one hose is about 5 inches long, the other about 8 or 9 inches (go ahead, let the
jokes may begin).  Any tricks to get these hoses replaced? I hear the shorter one is going to be very difficult.

Please, try to leave the KY jelly suggestions at PB.

My sciatica is already killing me thinking about this work.

Might be easier to pull the tips, replace the hose, then reinstall the tips.

Ray

so you guys think there is more risk for stuff to break or require replacement by pulling the tips than pulling the manifolds? Sounds to me like a two person job to put the manifolds back on with the end aligned onto the hose and then align it to the bolts.... on the other hand the tips maybe are corroded out where they mount (??) and once I get them off I migtht have work to do to get the studs replaced and redo that area (I hear this might be the case on an old boat with tips thatlook like they are original install). Sheesh. Dang if I do, dang if I dont.  Maybe I can fold the one hose and get it on without pulling wither the tips or the manifold (the 8-9 inch piece). Its the short one I am thinking is going to be the PITA.

Or am I blowing this all up into a big deal when its really easy to pull those manifolds (I wanted to redo the nuts on those anyways as they continually loosen) without damaging the gasket and reseal with the copper gasket and reattach with the hose on the end all by myself.
I need to rent a teenager or get a neighbor to come over I guess. An extra set of hands sounds like the hot set up.

thanks

  I just did this a few months ago.  I used a little wheel bearing grease and hooked in the bottom and pulled them on.  I was a lot easier then I thought it would be. 

ps. I will take pictures for a how to (or in my case, usually  "how not to").
 

Well, the 9 incher might go in without a hitch. The 5 incher, well, not much to work with there. I'm sure you heard THAT before.....

I was suggesting the tips because A: Every set of logs I have here (3) that I have tried to separate the snails from has been futile! Fuggers are ON THERE!!! I gave Aquaholic a perfectly good set of long bolt Ford logs when he only needed the snails for this very reason. B: If the logs have not been off for decades, I have yet to NOT break off one or more manifold bolts/studs, or aquire an engine or set of heads without a broken one in there. Maybe just me......

Ray

whatever you take off use never sieze when you reassemble then next time no trouble to remove