Hoses

[John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided>]

>Hey John,
>When you mentioned a better part were you talking about Aeroquip?

That's what Whisler sells according to their web page. Some digester 
mentioned earlier that he had paid about $50 for a hose from Whisler and 
that it seemed to be of very high quality. 
That's what I feel I'd like, is very high quality. Kind of a Baby Butt 
Cheeks among hoses. (g)

In regard to power steering hoses, I was out on a control burn today, and 
my power steering pump started howling. It was low on fluid and the 
fitting of the hose to the pump was leaking steadily. I put a crows foot 
type flare nut wrench on it and tightened as tight as I could push and 
pull on the 8" handle. I barely was able to get it to stop leaking, and 
it may well start again. The location is awkward, but I suspect that the 
difficulty comes also from the flares being steel on steel and that it 
takes a lot of pressure to get the two surfaces to mate. Thoughts anyone? 
 Anybody got a secret way?

John H.