Port Thermostat to Stainless Marine exhaust

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Hi All,

This may have been answered before, but I couldn't find it.

The port side hose from the thermostat to the stock exhaust went to the front of the manifold, and with the new Stainless Marine manifolds, the logical flow port would be the back one. Also this is the one Stainless recommends.

Well, the hose I have is way to short (sounds like a personal problem), does anyone know of a good replacement hose?

I believe the stock Mercruiser part number is 89749 1

This is a '98 7.4 L MPI with raw water cooling.

I guess I could try taking it to an auto parts store and try and match it up, but it seems they are clueless unless you give them the year make and model to look things up in their computer these days.

Thanks!