Jim bailey - 928 International

Dwayne with only 22,000 miles on the filter in your PS Res. it should be just fine Which is why I did not mention it when you ordered hoses... there is very little other than the pump which spins to have wear or cause contamination ,unlike a transmission with clutches ,bands,gears, valve bodies etc. , so little need to service all that often.

backnblack

Jim There is a filter in the PS RES. mmmm tell me more please and what do to get for such a thing?

Matt

RyanPerrella

its integral, to replace the filter you replace the $30 res, pretty simple

backnblack

thanks Ryan for the info.

Jim bailey - 928 International

Correct a $26 part fits 1985-1995 .

928SS

perfect timing & great writeup!!

I'm replacing my pump and res this weekend "for fun"... assuming I don't drop the car on my head, or get too drunk in the process and forget what I'm doing under there, I might r&r those lines too if they are grungy/haven't been done already.

IcemanG17

I figured I would have to do this to sharky sometime very soon....but after just tightening the clamp under the tank the leak appears to have stopped....or at least slowed down...so maybe I can put it off a little while longer?

RyanPerrella

the only hassle on this for me was the removing the clamp because i dont have a dremel. I thought i could use tin snips and snip the clamper part but no dice. I borrowed a dremel and it was off in 30 seconds.

Other then that the fix is easy and cheap. $1 for another clamp and $5-10 for hose and its a done deal.

928SS

I think doc brown should make some PS hose kits. he's got a pretty slick custom hose facility in house, did some custom oil lines for me out of teflon/steel braiding and they were 1/2 the price of the OEM set, and look awesome....

RyanPerrella

i am all for nice lines, unfortunately hose jewerly wouldn't be much help here you would sadly never see it.

the lines in this case, arent thr screw in type its a simple clamp that would need to be replaces. If you were to do an exchange this cooler line looks like a bitch to remove completely and send off as well. However its an easy fix with the cooler in place as is. With the fan shroud removed (10 minutes or less) you have all the access you need.

Now hoses for fuel lines and other stuff would also be great, Or some of the high pressure power steering lines.

fraggle

To stay clean, you've got to replace/rebuild these now.



Its cheap and easy at any local hydralic shop. Mine cose me like $20 to get re-built with the original ends on them and new hose/crimps.

Dwayne

Hello Fraggle,
I looked closely at these lines to see if they were actually leaking. It appears that PS fluid had leaked down onto them from above and the brown tinge on the metal lines appears to be the cosmoline (sp?) undercoating sprayed on from the factory. I'm keeping an eye on these for signs of fresh dampness and will definitely replace if they are. RIGHT ON with the suggestion about local hydraulic shop fabrication of hoses. I took some fuel lines and A/C lines to Hose Man here in CA and it cost a fraction to fabricate vs buy new. THANKS!

fraggle

I'd be surprised if they weren't weeping a little. I ended up fixing the same PS hoses you did, figuring that was the whole issue only to find these could easly be twisted around on what was supposed to be crimped!

byrdman454

Dwayne,
I went to NAPA to get the Weatherhead hydraulic line and all they had was the hydraulic hose that they use to crimp hydraulic lines with. This hose has the metal strands in it. It is very stiff. This is what they use for the high pressure stuff.

Is this what you used or did you just use plain rubber fuel line? I asked them if they had a different kind of hose in Weatherhead and this was the only thing they carried. What is printed on your hose? Is there a spec or something?

RyanPerrella

use transmission line, this line is low pressure

use a simple fiber reinforced rubber line