Re: [FWDLK] 7-1108 PS hose saga

[Dave Casey <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We'll be hearing from you again soon. That fuel line you used for your P/S 
return is going to go soft and start dissolving from the inside out. NAPA 
sells perfectly suitable stuff. Try getting the return hose for a '65 Dodge 
Polara. Cost less than $10 and installed as easily as any other hose.

Dave Casey

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jan & Roger van Hoy" <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 8:22 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] 7-1108 PS hose saga


> Got the 7-1108 PS pressure hose and a return hose from NAPA thanx to this
> list, no thanx to their kid employees.
>
> As noted by other list members, the 7-1108 is not an exact fit.  The total
> length is about 3" longer than stock, the pump end fitting is 90* bend
> rather than 45*, the steering box end fitting is much longer and 90* bend
> rather than straight.
>
> A more reasonable approximation could be made by cutting and re-flaring 
> the
> steering box end and bending the pump end.  [As I needed to get the car 
> back
> on the road I used the 7-1108 as-is, necessitating looping the hose 
> towards
> the firewall to use up the extra length.]
>
> Another adventure was that the return hose they sold me was a "lock-on" 
> type
> which is much too stiff to go over the spades on the fittings of our cars.
> No one at NAPA seemed to even know the difference.  What you need is 5/8"
> fuel line.
>
> Once the right hoses were available it was a five minute job.
>
> --Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '42 DeSoto, '66
> Plymouth, '41 Dodge
>
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