So I blew out the PS high pressure hose in the Mach 1. The homemade rigging (last owner was an elevator guy; has access to hydraulic fittings and such) finally scraped the chassis once too many.
I got a set of proper hoses from NPD. After considerable cursing and gnashing of teeth (and ten minutes under another Stang at a carshow), I was able to attach the high- and low-pressure lnes. The hoses I got for between the valve and cylinder(3A714-2A) are bent at too great an angle to fit.
Worse, the high pressure hose (3494-1A), where it feeds into the valve, is being crushed by the pitman arm after about a turn and a half left. It's as if the lead-in section of the hose is too long.
The high and low pressure lines are also supposed to follow the valve/ center link in parallel; they're taking slightly different paths.
Are the valves/hoses pretty much the same across Mustangs with the same setup(besides the fitting size change in mid-70)?
I get that you can adjust the lines to a point, but the pitman clearance I cannot get around unless I can shorten the steel hose. Any insight would be helpful and appreciated.
I got a set of proper hoses from NPD. After considerable cursing and gnashing of teeth (and ten minutes under another Stang at a carshow), I was able to attach the high- and low-pressure lnes. The hoses I got for between the valve and cylinder(3A714-2A) are bent at too great an angle to fit.
Worse, the high pressure hose (3494-1A), where it feeds into the valve, is being crushed by the pitman arm after about a turn and a half left. It's as if the lead-in section of the hose is too long.
The high and low pressure lines are also supposed to follow the valve/ center link in parallel; they're taking slightly different paths.
Are the valves/hoses pretty much the same across Mustangs with the same setup(besides the fitting size change in mid-70)?
I get that you can adjust the lines to a point, but the pitman clearance I cannot get around unless I can shorten the steel hose. Any insight would be helpful and appreciated.