Re: [FWDLK] 7-1108 PS hose saga
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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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