One of the biggest annoyances that goes along with removing the engine from the car is spilling engine coolant down the transmission and onto my garage floor.  Even after draining the coolant from the lower radiator hose there is still a lot left in the engine block that finds its way out the back of the engine once the coolant lines for the heater core are removed.

I decided I would try and do something to address the coolant that drains out of these ports.

I had a leftover set of coolant hoses for connecting the heater core to the engine and decided to use the connectors on those to make a bridge between the two engine block coolant drain openings.

The attachment point is held in place by a seamless metal band, so I needed to cut the band off.

After the connectors were cut off the two coolant hoses I joined them together with an appropriate diameter silicone hose.

My goal is to put these in place before the engine starts to be tilted upward, thus preventing the coolant from running down the transmission and all over the place.