Actually, there is a 65 maybe 1964,. I don't remember) Polara return hose. I
bought one for some return hose for my 56 plym. I had the parts store look
it up and there was some kind of asterisk next to the application and when
they paged to teh back to look it up, there was the part number. And it was
very cheap too.
I trimmed it to length and clamped it on.
Nick
Lebanon Township, NJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan & Roger van Hoy" <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 10:11 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] power steering return hose
> How many list members does it take to change a power steering hose?
>
> First off, the stuff they commonly sell at NAPA and other parts stores is
> for compression fittings and WILL NOT WORK on a spade type flange because
> it's way too stiff to stretch over.
>
> Second, I sincerely doubt if there's such a thing as " '65 Dodge Polara
> return hose." $10 is out of this world for two feet of any hose.
>
> Third, I seem to be stuck in an ol' fart time warp. Time was [sonny] when
> you would walk into any store and buy 5/8" PS return hose cause everyone
> knew what you meant.
>
> Fourth, I'd really like some scientific explanation of what sort of
> petroleum byproduct is found in PS fluid that is not found in gasoline or
> diesel.
>
> Sheesh!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Casey" <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 2:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 7-1108 PS hose saga
>
>
> > 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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