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    Re: P/S Pressure Hose Question

    Quote Originally Posted by lostforawhile View Post
    just found an old heavyweight army canteen,the one quart ones,so i now have my resevoir for the power steering. all it will take is a plate tig welded on the back and some pipe thread bungs. should hold more fluid in reserve,which means cooler fluid,and it's aluminum so it will radiate heat away from the fluid.
    That might end up working really well. You can have your hose connections in the stock locations that way and won't have to mess with rerouting anything. I think the aluminum providing meaningful extra cooling is just going to be placebo, but if it makes you feel better...



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    Re: P/S Pressure Hose Question

    Quote Originally Posted by DBMaster View Post
    That might end up working really well. You can have your hose connections in the stock locations that way and won't have to mess with rerouting anything. I think the aluminum providing meaningful extra cooling is just going to be placebo, but if it makes you feel better...
    well i have a really nice B&M oil cooler in the airflow under the bumper so that helps a lot. anytime you have something conductive to heat transfer it always helps,plus a lot more fluid, more fluid means cooler fluid.
    Last edited by lostforawhile; 11-29-2008 at 05:49 PM.

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    Re: P/S Pressure Hose Question

    Replacing the hose isnt hard, just fustrating. I replaced mine a month ago, went from the top took like 30 min to run the new hose into the rack. It helps to have another person wiggle it from the top while you run it. took me 3 hours on the ground with the cold wind blowing. I took a break like every 10 min tho lol.

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    Re: P/S Pressure Hose Question

    It's not really hard to do. The only problem I even had was getting the old line lose at the "steering rack"? and with that I just used pb blaster and another wrench for some leverage. I would buy a GOOD line wrench. Getting the old hose out and the new one in just takes a little persuasion. It also helps to loosen the brackets holding the sway bar. And as with any job do the hard part first...start doing all the work underneath first.

    And as darkracer said it does help to have someone from the top helping you.
    Last edited by hikingmatt; 11-29-2008 at 09:36 PM.

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    Re: P/S Pressure Hose Question

    Installed the hose earlier today with the help of the Wife. Just a little trouble in getting the old hose pulled out but otherwise not a bad job to replace.

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    Re: P/S Pressure Hose Question

    Quote Originally Posted by hikingmatt View Post
    It's not really hard to do. The only problem I even had was getting the old line lose at the "steering rack"? and with that I just used pb blaster and another wrench for some leverage. I would buy a GOOD line wrench. Getting the old hose out and the new one in just takes a little persuasion. It also helps to loosen the brackets holding the sway bar. And as with any job do the hard part first...start doing all the work underneath first.

    And as darkracer said it does help to have someone from the top helping you.
    I spent a the money a few years ago on a good set of metric flare wrenches from nappa, only person in town who had them,If you are going to do any brake line work or any kind of work on the car with metric flare nuts,get a good set.

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    Re: P/S Pressure Hose Question

    did you get those ends?

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    Re: P/S Pressure Hose Question

    Quote Originally Posted by lostforawhile View Post
    did you get those ends?
    I got them just havent had any time to cut them off of the hose.
    Do you need them right away? Is after the holiday rush ok to send them out to you?

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    Re: P/S Pressure Hose Question

    Quote Originally Posted by picopop View Post
    I got them just havent had any time to cut them off of the hose.
    Do you need them right away? Is after the holiday rush ok to send them out to you?
    sure no problem, i just wanted to make sure they didn't get throw away was all I won't be able to get into the weld shop until after the holidays anyway,

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