FD Power steering rack fittings
#2
You can just cut the metal tubing that comes out of the port and run a rubber hose with hose clamps from there to the return on the PS pump. That is the way mine is and doesn't leak.
#4
Gotcha! I use a local place that has pretty much every fitting imaginable, they measure the thread for me.
Wish I could help ya?
Get someone that has the line to measure the pitch...probably the best way.
Wish I could help ya?
Get someone that has the line to measure the pitch...probably the best way.
#5
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Those 2 fittings are quite difficult to find. I managed to find the high pressure side, but never did find the return side. ( I think that's right )
Anyway, I took those fittings to two different shops that specialize in hydraulic fittings (one is mostly automotive, the other industrial) and they could never find a match for that one fitting.
Your best bet may be to ask on the for sale forum if someone has a Gotham P/S line loop kit they would sell, as that has both fittings.
#6
The return port is not the same.
Those 2 fittings are quite difficult to find. I managed to find the high pressure side, but never did find the return side. ( I think that's right )
Anyway, I took those fittings to two different shops that specialize in hydraulic fittings (one is mostly automotive, the other industrial) and they could never find a match for that one fitting.
Your best bet may be to ask on the for sale forum if someone has a Gotham P/S line loop kit they would sell, as that has both fittings.
Those 2 fittings are quite difficult to find. I managed to find the high pressure side, but never did find the return side. ( I think that's right )
Anyway, I took those fittings to two different shops that specialize in hydraulic fittings (one is mostly automotive, the other industrial) and they could never find a match for that one fitting.
Your best bet may be to ask on the for sale forum if someone has a Gotham P/S line loop kit they would sell, as that has both fittings.
I'm not looking to loop however, Earls carb style fittings act as the banjo bolt. I'm trying to fab an -AN return for a GM powersteering pump. I'm going to go pick up a thread gauge and find out exactly what it is.
#7
There is a local industrial supply place here that has EVERY fitting imaginable, even the dreaded 'Japan A/C' fittings. I went there for my fittings for the GM P/S to Mazda rack, but I had the return line still on the rack (which made things a lot easier.)
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What I meant, and guess I didn't state clearly, was that you buy a loop kit just to get the fitting.
That fitting is extremely difficult to replace.
Or find someone that has removed the P/S, and buy the hard lines and put a clamp on fitting on the line.
#9
I wasn't suggesting that you use the loop.
What I meant, and guess I didn't state clearly, was that you buy a loop kit just to get the fitting.
That fitting is extremely difficult to replace.
Or find someone that has removed the P/S, and buy the hard lines and put a clamp on fitting on the line.
What I meant, and guess I didn't state clearly, was that you buy a loop kit just to get the fitting.
That fitting is extremely difficult to replace.
Or find someone that has removed the P/S, and buy the hard lines and put a clamp on fitting on the line.
#10
It's 14mm x 1.5mm
You can't adapt it with a banjo fitting (I haven't found one). It's lucky that the other fitting 12mm x 1.5 since this matches most carb/fuel rail fittings. You have to use a metric to AN fitting.
This would be the correct fitting IMO.
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
Not sure if -6an is big enough for the return.
Earls also has a wider range of the same fittings with more options.
You can't adapt it with a banjo fitting (I haven't found one). It's lucky that the other fitting 12mm x 1.5 since this matches most carb/fuel rail fittings. You have to use a metric to AN fitting.
This would be the correct fitting IMO.
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
Not sure if -6an is big enough for the return.
Earls also has a wider range of the same fittings with more options.
Last edited by F1blueRx7; 03-14-09 at 04:16 PM.
#11
Sorry it's 16mm x 1.5mm
I didn't measure the size properly initially
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
That is the correct part for the return fitting. Oddly, it also happens to be the fitting thats used on the feed side of the GM ls1 pump.
I didn't measure the size properly initially
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
That is the correct part for the return fitting. Oddly, it also happens to be the fitting thats used on the feed side of the GM ls1 pump.
Last edited by F1blueRx7; 03-14-09 at 05:50 PM.
#12
Now go measure the a/c condenssor thread size (two ports) that goes with Samberg's radiator!
Thanks for the info on teh steering rack it may come in handy some day and will save a lot of time to know the threading.
Thanks for the info on teh steering rack it may come in handy some day and will save a lot of time to know the threading.
#13
Pretty sure it's a superflow aluminum 134a condenser with #6 and #8 lines on it. (#6 and #8 are common a/c fitting sizes). The factory fittings are different in 93. If your a/c fittings look like this:
it's metric.
If they're smooth without those cuts then it's SAE. I got that info from Greg (Eat-Pez). Thats about all I know. I don't know the specific sizes but I'm working on getting the necessary adapters/fittings so I can put it together myself and just take the hoses to an A/C or hydraulic shop and have them crimped. I won't be ready for this part until next month some time.
You can get one very similar to the ebay link he posted in his thread here: http://www.nostalgicairparts.com/air...denser-328.php
Last edited by F1blueRx7; 03-16-09 at 03:39 PM.
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Pretty sure it's a superflow aluminum 134a condenser with #6 and #8 lines on it. (#6 and #8 are common a/c fitting sizes). The factory fittings are different in 93. If your a/c fittings look like this:
it's metric.
If they're smooth without those cuts then it's SAE. I got that info from Greg (Eat-Pez). Thats about all I know. I don't know the specific sizes but I'm working on getting the necessary adapters/fittings so I can put it together myself and just take the hoses to an A/C or hydraulic shop and have them crimped. I won't be ready for this part until next month some time.
You can get one very similar to the ebay link he posted in his thread here: http://www.nostalgicairparts.com/air...denser-328.php
it's metric.
If they're smooth without those cuts then it's SAE. I got that info from Greg (Eat-Pez). Thats about all I know. I don't know the specific sizes but I'm working on getting the necessary adapters/fittings so I can put it together myself and just take the hoses to an A/C or hydraulic shop and have them crimped. I won't be ready for this part until next month some time.
You can get one very similar to the ebay link he posted in his thread here: http://www.nostalgicairparts.com/air...denser-328.php
I've successfully done this on my Mercedes 5+ years ago, and no leaks.
:-) neil
http://www.imcool.com/articles/airco...ClipSystem.php
http://www.bostonweatherhead.com/pro...AC-MS002-E.pdf
#18
I have the american a/c. I know I had a discussion with this with Ray Crowe and ordered some Japan a/c lines (WAY WAY more expensive) and they didn't fit...went to the American a/c lines and they did fit.
So I am pretty sure I have the more widely available a/c. I will do some research on how to hook it up this weekend. We have a great hydraulic hose place close to me, so it shouldn't be a problem as long as I know the sizes and lengths.
Thanks for your input Neil. That is an interesting fitting that I hadn't known about previously.
So I am pretty sure I have the more widely available a/c. I will do some research on how to hook it up this weekend. We have a great hydraulic hose place close to me, so it shouldn't be a problem as long as I know the sizes and lengths.
Thanks for your input Neil. That is an interesting fitting that I hadn't known about previously.
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