Date:         Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:07:58 -0800
Reply-To:     Harald Rust <harald_nancy_vw@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Harald Rust <harald_nancy_vw@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Power Steering Hose Fitting Size??
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They are all European fittings, just
like the a/c system. Hard to find a shop
in the U.S. that will deal with them.
It's almost easier to convert to
manual steering.
Just bolt on a manual steering rack,
and get a large diameter steering wheel
from an earlier vanagon. Increase the
air pressure in the front tires for
easier steering.
Guess that's the reason Tiico fabricated
their own alternator brackets so you can
use the stock p/s hoses.
I'm not personally familiar with the Tiico,
so I might be incorrect about that.
Harald
'90 westy

matthew wrote:
What is the size and type of fitting on the
high-pressure power steering hose that screws into the
metal lines that go to the rack and back?  (This
would be the hose that goes from the pump to the metal
line. Not the banjo-fitting end.)
thanks
matthew


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