Cuda Al
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The original factory hoses had a foam hose on them. and were routed this way (under the battery tray)
Alan
Photos of V8 power steering hose setup?
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Alan
Kendog 170
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Let us know how it works out. I'll be switching over to Saginaw later after the fall. My current hose is the same as 4spdragtops.
Woodsman341
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Thanks for that. The one that came off may have been from a B body - I took a trip to a Mopar friend's place yesterday and he showed me a few that looked really close to what I had, but even he was stumped by what it was from.
While walking around looking at things I mentioned I would've to convert one of my Darts from Federal to Saginaw but the original brackets were hard to find and repops were expensive, not to mention the pump, and he pops open an old Dart door, picked up a Saginaw still in its brackets and said something like "take it if you can use it". I've met some really nice guys doing this car thing.
Woodsman341
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I absolutely will! I think the parts come Thursday, but it may be the weekend before it's installed. It's my wife's Dart and she wants to be the one getting her hands dirty fixing it up. I'm going to be the technical consultant and gopher, which I'm stoked about!
Kendog 170
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Check page 364 in Classic Industries catalog. Both hoses for $79.
Woodsman341
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Those are for the Borgeson steering gear box conversion.
Kendog 170
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Opps! My bad
Woodsman341
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Not a problem! I mean, I swear I've looked at every variant for A bodies in the last week, so I know how confusing it can be, especially when some sites list several options for each car and they are all a little different from each other. I can't believe there was that much difference between 318, 340, and 360, all with the same pump but had different hose numbers. I picked one that was most common and we will see what happens.
All that being said, there's a place in pass every day I go to work that makes custom hydraulic hoses, and I'm thinking that for the other Dart I'm going to mock up a hose template and have them make one that suits my needs. I'll just have to make sure to account for engine movement and stuff first.
I was thinking you could mock something up outta brake line. Put marks on the bl to show where the rubber should go. When they make it, only have them crimp one end so you can mock up/dbl chk fit at home before the final end being crimped.
Woodsman341
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EXACTLY! Except I don't have brake line but I do have soft copper and 10 gauge copper wire and fuel or vacuum line.
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Woodsman341
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While it doesn't help for my specific setup because your pump is different, I DO appreciate it! Every variation and little bit of knowledge is getting stored in my head. I hope.
Thanks!
AnytimeWhile it doesn't help for my specific setup because your pump is different, I DO appreciate it! Every variation and little bit of knowledge is getting stored in my head. I hope.
Thanks!
I think you are over thinking this one. Go to O’Reilly & buy one for a Saginaw pump for your year car or earlier. If it doesn’t fit, return it. Just my opinion….
chrgdrt
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This is a ‘67 Barracuda, I think the hose was bought for my 72 or 73 challenger, I did have to tweet the bends a bit to get everything to clear.
Woodsman341
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This helps a lot! It's the same pump as far as I can tell, and I didn't think that the hose would go up like that before going down. I guess it has something to do with making sure there's enough flex in the rubber line when the engine revs?
At any rate, I appreciate the photos!
Woodsman341
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I might be overthinking it, that's a possibility. I just wanted to get the correct one without a lot of running back and forth. I live basically in the middle of nowhere and it's easily an hour to the closest retail parts store.
Didn’t mean to be a jerk, just been through this power steering hose thing a number of times.
Woodsman341
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I didn't take it that way at all. I've alive long enough to have a pretty thick skin. Well, some of that *might* be fat, but still...
Woodsman341
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So here's what I found out. The first hose I ordered didn't fit at all. On the power steering chunk, the hose was bent to the inside which hit the headers no matter how I tried to turn it, and the pump end of the hose seemed to be made to go into the top of the pump, like the Federal pumps do, or maybe it would fit the slant 6. That was Sunsong 3402185.
The Sunsong 3401697 fit perfectly. It bends toward the fender at the chunk end and loops up and over the pump and connects at the rear.
Again, this is on a '75 Dart Sport with a 340, and the other is a 360.
The Sunsong 3401697 fit perfectly. It bends toward the fender at the chunk end and loops up and over the pump and connects at the rear.
Again, this is on a '75 Dart Sport with a 340, and the other is a 360.
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