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Need to mod steering line #3196160 12/08/23 08:27 PM 12/08/23 08:27 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,717 Florida BDW OP master
BDW OP master Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,717 Florida	I need to mod my power steering line / hose to clear up room to connect the AC line to the compressor. The SS line runs straight down and blocks the compressor port. Would it be possible to bend the line up a little, thinking it might collapse it? Or just get a 45 or 90 AN adapter? Any other ideas?

Re: Need to mod steering line [Re: BDW] #3196164 12/08/23 08:50 PM 12/08/23 08:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,928 Grand Prairie,Texas stumpy I Win
stumpy I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,928 Grand Prairie,Texas	looks to me like you could move the metal line outward a little and find room. You shouldn't have bend it enough to kink it.

Re: Need to mod steering line [Re: BDW] #3196171 12/08/23 09:32 PM 12/08/23 09:32 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,406 Michigan MarkZ Worthy
MarkZ Worthy Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,406 Michigan	Could make up your own from scratch with PTFE line. 1987 Fifth Avenue - 512/518/D60

Re: Need to mod steering line [Re: MarkZ] #3196175 12/08/23 09:43 PM 12/08/23 09:43 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,717 Florida BDW OP master
BDW OP master Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,717 Florida	The steering hose is laying on the port, that's a plastic protector cap. I need to add adapter fittings on the compressor, so the steering hose needs to move away quite a bit. Here's a reference pic with the adapters on a compressor.

Re: Need to mod steering line [Re: BDW] #3196183 12/08/23 11:08 PM 12/08/23 11:08 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,338 Omaha Ne T TJP I Live Here
TJP I Live Here T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,338 Omaha Ne	Not sure what size the line is but a tube bender similar to this will make that a simple task they're available in a number of sizes. I prefer the dedicated size ones vs the one size does all LINKY Last edited by TJP; 12/10/23 10:48 PM. www.tandmautomotive-omaha.com

Re: Need to mod steering line [Re: BDW] #3196500 12/10/23 02:53 PM 12/10/23 02:53 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,550 Freeport IL USA poorboy I Live Here
poorboy I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,550 Freeport IL USA	Originally Posted by BDW I need to mod my power steering line / hose to clear up room to connect the AC line to the compressor. The SS line runs straight down and blocks the compressor port. Would it be possible to bend the line up a little, thinking it might collapse it? Or just get a 45 or 90 AN adapter? Any other ideas? Don't know what the top connection of the steel line looks like, but it appears to me that the entire length could be rotated outward, away from the inner fender, and routed on the other side of the plastic tab at the top, and the hose at the bottom and have more clearance all around.

Re: Need to mod steering line [Re: poorboy] #3227587 04/16/24 09:57 PM 04/16/24 09:57 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,717 Florida BDW OP master
BDW OP master Joined: May 2005 Posts: 4,717 Florida	Follow up, used a 45 JIC fitting, and it provides the clearance needed. Been driving with no leaks, need to get motivated and build the AC lines, summer is almost here……

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