68 A body HP power steering hose where to buy?
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Looking for a 68 Abody high pressure power steering hose. Can't find one except Rockauto for $160 !!!!! Help !?
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Re: 68 A body HP power steering hose where to buy?
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Do you have the old hose? A NAPA store especially in a rural town can make up hydraulic hoses from your existing hose.
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Re: 68 A body HP power steering hose where to buy?
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Here is the original hose from my 69 383 Dart...
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Re: 68 A body HP power steering hose where to buy?
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The $160 hose looks pretty close to the 383 hose, the ones listed for a 69 383 look nothing like it. Of course you look at the slant six hose and it is the same...
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Re: 68 A body HP power steering hose where to buy?
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It's a 273 engine....my hose has fittings/ends on BOTH ends like the lower one in the top pic and upper one in the 2nd pic. It's not the rubber part of the hose that's leaking, but where the end connects to the box there's a drip. Tightening the connection does not stop it. I;ve taken it apart and inspected the metal flare and seat and they look fine.
Take care, Rick 68 Coronet R/T 440 & 68 Charger 528 Hemi,and 5 Challengers! 6 cyl, 318, 360, 383, 451
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Re: 68 A body HP power steering hose where to buy?
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Are you saying they have female flare fittings on each end? Yes
Take care, Rick 68 Coronet R/T 440 & 68 Charger 528 Hemi,and 5 Challengers! 6 cyl, 318, 360, 383, 451
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Re: 68 A body HP power steering hose where to buy?
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The pump usually has an inverted flare and the box has a male flare. Some A-body boxes have a 90° flare fitting.
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Re: 68 A body HP power steering hose where to buy?
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The pump usually has an inverted flare and the box has a male flare. Some A-body boxes have a 90° flare fitting. The big block A-Body has the 90 degree fitting, the small blocks and slants do not. I actually have bought that 90 degree fitting at a parts store out of a Dorman cabinet before. Here is a pic of the hose I had made that is still on my steering box.
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Re: 68 A body HP power steering hose where to buy?
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My car has the 90 degree fitting pictured above....it's dripping off the nut, that tightens the end of the hose at the box......I have removed and inspected both the flare and the fitting....and see no problem....but it's still dripping.....
Take care, Rick 68 Coronet R/T 440 & 68 Charger 528 Hemi,and 5 Challengers! 6 cyl, 318, 360, 383, 451
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The pump end should be a male flare fitting, screws right into the pump. I wonder if the pump is wrong? Or someone added a fitting to it? The pump is the original, I am the second owner and the hose I showed above is the original also. Same pump, sector, and hose I have seen on other 69 big block power steering A-Body's I have owned and judged over the years.
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Should have pics of both ends of current hose in the morning. Thanks for the help For the most part this a very original unmolested car......
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Re: 68 A body HP power steering hose where to buy?
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I was wrong about the connection at the pump....it's a male.
In the 2nd pic it's dripping off of the fitting.....onto the pump, you can see a little wet spot.
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Re: 68 A body HP power steering hose where to buy?
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Thats a good idea! I have a flaring tool.
Take care, Rick 68 Coronet R/T 440 & 68 Charger 528 Hemi,and 5 Challengers! 6 cyl, 318, 360, 383, 451
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