70 swinger power steering

[63dartman]

I just finished pulling out the 318 in my 70 swinger and the power steering line was not a screw in type high pressure hose. It just had the spring compression clamps on a piece of power steering hose at both ends. Is this a factory configuration or did PO do a hack job. I thought the power steering was a high pressure line?

 

[63dartman]

bump

 

[63dartman]

let's try this one moe time:read2:

 

[RedFish]

power steering has 2 hoses. One is high pressure and will need proper fittings or it will leak. The other is return and clamps are fine there.

 

[63dartman]

Thanks Redfish. It's been so long since I've had a car with power steering I forgot about the pressure and return side. I guess I need to clean a couple more inches of dirt and gunk out before the pressure line is exposed. Thanks alot.

 

[63dartman]

Well, the pressure and return seemed like a logical explenation but, It is not going to work for me. The power steering pump has one hose coming out of it and that's it. I think all the work is done inside the power steering unit and the pump just suppies the fluid. So I am going to assume it is a lower pressure line.

 

[SGBARRACUDA]

Well, the pressure and return seemed like a logical explenation but, It is not going to work for me. The power steering pump has one hose coming out of it and that's it. I think all the work is done inside the power steering unit and the pump just suppies the fluid. So I am going to assume it is a lower pressure line.

That is not posible, The preasure line is probally missing. look at the bottom of your pump it should have a big ,1" wrench size nut and a High preasure hose screws in the middle. It then goes to the very top of the box. There is a return line thet attaches to a nipple on the pump and one on the box.

 

[2 Darts]

The PS system has to have two hoses into the steering gear and the pump. The pump has a high pressure fitting that is threaded and another tube that is flared like the ones on the radiator only a lot smaller. This is the low pressure tube. On the Federal-Mogul pump the low pressure tube has a 90 degree bend in it. If you manage to find a complete cop car pump, it will have a double pass cooler (about 4" long) on the low pressure side.