Hi there all-

I ran into an issue with getting a hose to fit between the cooling loop of my power steering line and the reservoir (part 39, below):


Sometime in the distant past the original part had been replaced with a standard hose that somehow managed to get over the colied hardline, as well as the larger OD nipple on the reservoir. Note in the drawing how the end that attaches to the reservoir is flared a bit. I thought that with a little ATF and some muscle that I'd be able to get a new hose on but wow, was I wrong. At least with the hose that I had on hand to use. I'd anticipated this and here's what I used to address this flare:

Please ignore the mess in the rest of the picture

Because I opted to use Parker hoses I had 2 different ID lengths available, 1/2" and 1/4", so I had ordered a barbed reducer for those hose IDs.

Here's what things look like assembled:

Fingers crossed

There's always an inherent risk in introducing more places where things can leak so I hope that the use of good, quality clamps will help to keep things in good order.

Just a little fix as I'm refreshing things but I thought I'd share.

Cheers

 

is the parker hose compatible with ATF?
https://www.parker.com/Literature/Fl...al%20Table.pdf

 

@thomasmryan : According to McMaster, yes, but now I'm going to have to go and look more closely...

ETA: It's Parker series 81, Buna N with a Polyethylene cover. I don't really know how Buna shows up in the table you linked, but Google tells me it's classified as a nitrile polymer, which gets highest marks. Whew!