Spent most of yesterday morning out in the shop. Thursday was my last day at AM General. Monday I start working back at the GM Tech Center in Warren. Anyway I had the day so I didn't want to waste it.
I needed a fitting for the '86 Chevy Power Steering return hose from the reservoir. The pump has a 3/4" tube nipple and I couldn't find a fitting to go from that to -10 37 degree flare. So I made one.
Here is the pump with a long piece of 3/4id hose stuck on it.
http://images43.fotki.com/v680/photo...MVC001F-vi.jpg
Inside this chunk of 1" diameter aluminum is a 3/4" OD "hose barb". You can't see it, but it's in there...
http://images14.fotki.com/v219/photo...MVC002F-vi.jpg
I bought a couple of -10 weld bungs from Speedway. The bung will get welded to the barb after it's turned on the lathe.
http://images16.fotki.com/v368/photo...MVC003F-vi.jpg
Making the hose barb. Can you see it? This was in there all along...
http://images16.fotki.com/v363/photo...MVC004F-vi.jpg
The weld bung has an ID of about .47 so I drilled the barb out to .50 to make an unrestricted path for the PS fluid.
http://images14.fotki.com/v218/photo...MVC007F-vi.jpg
Before parting off the "barb" I added a nice chamfer to the weld joint.
http://images46.fotki.com/v523/photo...MVC009F-vi.jpg
I ran a 3/8th inch bolt thru the fitting to hold everything together for welding.
http://images49.fotki.com/v570/photo...MVC013F-vi.jpg
After welding. I know it's not real pretty but it will do the job without leaking..
http://images15.fotki.com/v1626/phot...itting2-vi.jpg
Here is the hose and fitting held in place at the pump. Just imagine there is a piece of black hose connecting them together.
http://images46.fotki.com/v274/photo...itting4-vi.jpg
Mark