'59 Power Steering Hose

["Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>]

Careful here, Kerry.  Most of these shops do not know about the flow
restriction orifice, thus you wind up with a very noisy system if you go
this way.  I've found the correct hoses at Autozone or Napa, although in
some cases I had to also buy an adapter fitting to correct a wrong thread
size or the like.  This even worked for my 55 Hudson, when it popped it's
pressure hose in the wilds of Northern California - I wound up using a hose
from a late model Ford F250 truck, with an adapter fitting.  Worked
perfectly, and had the right restrictor in it too!.

Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerry Pinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 5:23 AM
Subject: Re: IML: '59 Power Steering Hose


Any decent sized town has a shop that makes hoses.  The pressure hose should
be about 30 bucks.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Rex Crews
  To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 9:26 PM
  Subject: IML: '59 Power Steering Hose


  Evening, All,

  I am wondering if anyone knows where I can acquire the pressure hose for
the power steering in my '59 Crown?  I have priced this hose from two of the
well known dealers and both of them came in at over $60.  This seemed
unreasonable for a mere hose, but maybe there is something rare or unusual
about it.  I am accustomed to paying around $40 for newly fabricated hose,
so I was hoping someone could help.  Apparently this hose is not available
through normal venues, such as NAPa.   Send me a personal email, if you
would, please.

  Thanks and happy holidays,


  Rex Crews  '59 Crown