more plumbing done

[lostforawhile]

I'm running more AN lines behind the cowl area, I guess you could call it plumbing tucking if you want. wanted to clean up the oil distribution to the pressure gauge and to the pressure switch,.

the piece with the black boot is the pressure warning switch,it turns on the light at 20 psi. the other sender unit hidden back there,will go to the oil cooler, I can plug in an autometer gauge to give me pressure at the cooler high pressure side. pressure comes in at the firewall, then goes to the block and the switch, then through a bulkhead fitting into the interior. I have to run another one tomorrow for washer fluid coming into the cowl area. I wanted to clean up those lines also.

everything from the oil filter adapter all the way to the gauge is all AN fittings. some of the extra lines you see by the fitting going in,are going to be removed,just haven't gotten rid of them yet. and yes I will be cleaning out that area back there with lots of simple green.
the round thing you see in there is the cap and the filler neck for the washer fluid tank inside the car.

[lostforawhile]

if anyone has a sharp eye,you'll see nut plates on the front edge of where the cowling attaches, just like an airplane. that way i can use machine screws and washers to hold down the front edge.

[lostforawhile]

This weekend simple green and a shop vac will be my best friends

[lostforawhile]

this is a flare tool for 37 degree AN fittings, they are different then the 45 degree that you see a lot in auto parts stores.

[snoopyloopy]

sweet, looks good. i like how the braided ss lines look vs. stock rubber hoses.

[lostforawhile]

working on more and dammit i just stabbed myself with overbraid.

[2oodoor]

are you close to having it roadworthy other than the carb setup?

[lostforawhile]

I could put it all back together, but I need to get all this small stuff done while it's apart. I plan on having it on the road by spring. I'm just taking my time to get all this stuff done,I just took a break for a while was all. We will be off for two weeks upcoming, so i plan on having the wiring done and the interior back in by the time we go back to work.

[lostforawhile]

This project is almost done, I saw a cooler at the junkyard on a chevy that had much larger inlet lines, it's the same size as the one in the car now, I'm using a B&M transmission cooler but the lines are too small. all the lines are run right up to where they go down to the front of the car. I need to yank the bumper, and get all the old lines out. The only other thing I need to do is somehow locate a -8 straight fitting, The line from the pump to the resevoir is a high pressure aeroquip line, so it's a stiff line, the regular -8 line is much more flexible. I'm afraid i may damage the welds with the less flexible line. I have a box of 90's and plenty of dash eight line,but no straight fittings.

[lostforawhile]

ok made the line for the back of the gauge it attaches to,no more plastic line EVER.

[lostforawhile]

Got the cooler off of some sort of undetermined GM product, does it matter? they are all the same lol. Any way it's draining right now, I have to flush it tomorrow, Have the fittings ready to tig weld on the existing tubes also. should be an easy install. I have one just like this in front of the condenser already, but it has smaller fluid lines, this one has the same footprint with larger lines.

[labeledsk8r]

how much that cost ya?

[lostforawhile]

how much that cost ya?

nothing, i've been getting parts there for years

[2oodoor]

you should send me the cooler for my transmision, it is a bit of overkill for PS IMO. Nice looking cooler! PS coolers are usually about the size of a box of fire cheif wooden matches.
edit, my bad if that is a one by six board then I guess that is about the right size, My first glance Ithought it was a two by ten. LOL

[2drSE-i]

i must say i had no clue what you were doing at first, but once i figured it out it looks awsome! You made your own sorta black box setup didnt ya.

[lostforawhile]

you should send me the cooler for my transmision, it is a bit of overkill for PS IMO. Nice looking cooler! PS coolers are usually about the size of a box of fire cheif wooden matches.
edit, my bad if that is a one by six board then I guess that is about the right size, My first glance Ithought it was a two by ten. LOL

I have the other one i'm taking off, it's a ford transmission cooler. it just has lines too small for proper power steering fluid flow. this system doesn't have a lot of pressure through the cooler but it has a lot of volume. when you are below 15 miles an hour the speed valve is closed and all the rack fluid return,goes through the cooler. When a cooler is too small, the fluid gets restricted. if you took the factory cooling loop and made it into a plate and fin cooler, it would be huge. I got it for free because I happen to know the right rednecks. The beer,coon dog,nascar,and weekend constellations happened to be lined up right at the time.

[lostforawhile]

i must say i had no clue what you were doing at first, but once i figured it out it looks awsome! You made your own sorta black box setup didnt ya.

what i've done so far is replace the factory plastic PS resevoir with the aluminum one i've made out of the canteen. it's all installed except for the cooler, the other stuff behind the cowl,is the block that distributes oil pressure to my pressure switch and then to my gauge in the car . it's all hidden up behind the cowl,this way all you see is one nice braided line going to the bulkhead fitting on the firewall. I'm also rerouting the washer fluid lines from the tank in the car, this way they are hidden. the other piece in the cowl is the filler neck for the washer fluid tank,it runs through a braided line into the tank in the car. you can access the cap when you open the hood. everything thinks the tank is in the cowl,when it's actually in the passenger footwell. just running decent braided lines instead of the cheap rubber lines like factory.

[clint999]

This project is almost done, I saw a cooler at the junkyard on a chevy that had much larger inlet lines, it's the same size as the one in the car now, I'm using a B&M transmission cooler but the lines are too small. all the lines are run right up to where they go down to the front of the car. I need to yank the bumper, and get all the old lines out. The only other thing I need to do is somehow locate a -8 straight fitting, The line from the pump to the resevoir is a high pressure aeroquip line, so it's a stiff line, the regular -8 line is much more flexible. I'm afraid i may damage the welds with the less flexible line. I have a box of 90's and plenty of dash eight line,but no straight fittings.

[lostforawhile]

This project is almost done, I saw a cooler at the junkyard on a chevy that had much larger inlet lines, it's the same size as the one in the car now, I'm using a B&M transmission cooler but the lines are too small. all the lines are run right up to where they go down to the front of the car. I need to yank the bumper, and get all the old lines out. The only other thing I need to do is somehow locate a -8 straight fitting, The line from the pump to the resevoir is a high pressure aeroquip line, so it's a stiff line, the regular -8 line is much more flexible. I'm afraid i may damage the welds with the less flexible line. I have a box of 90's and plenty of dash eight line,but no straight fittings.

um and......

[lostforawhile]

I don't know if i will get out there tonight or not, cleaned a lot of my garage up so i can actually get to my car. I changed the hose adaptor on the blower unit today, and i'm ready to put in the washer fluid line. didn't get the cooler in,primarily because i didn't have the space to pull the front bumper. cleaning up the mess should help this situation.

[lostforawhile]

[snoopyloopy]

nice. and what is this again? tranny or ps cooler?

[lostforawhile]

nice. and what is this again? tranny or ps cooler?

power steering,someday when i get a nice tranny rebuild i will build a fluid cooling and circulation system, pegasus racing has a really nice electric pump setup for just that, moves about 2 gallons a minute. plus a cartridge filter. no telling how long a manual with cool filtered oil would last.

[86AccordLxi]

Have you had problems with power steering overheating? At autocross or something?

As for cooling a tranny, unless it's overheating, it's probably not a good idea. Just like running engine oil too cold is not a good idea.

[lostforawhile]

Have you had problems with power steering overheating? At autocross or something?

As for cooling a tranny, unless it's overheating, it's probably not a good idea. Just like running engine oil too cold is not a good idea.

I replaced the huge loop honda cooler line a long time ago, the cooler i was using was too small though and was restricting the power steering return. this one is exactly the same size,just with bigger internal passages. the factory cooler is actually huge compared to a lot of cars.