69Lsx6.0

I have a 69 Camaro with an lSX swap. I'm almost done and I noticed that the pressure hose coming from the steering box which connects to the power steering resevoir is a different fitting. My old hose has a slip over type fitting and the new resevoir has a female type fitting. Is there an adapter that goes in the resovior and my original hose could slip onto it ?


Thanks

ls1nova71

iTrader: (4)

What kind of pump is it? If it's an F-body with the plastic reservoir, it sounds like the nipple might be broken off.

69Lsx6.0

Its a truck pump. It looks exactly like an old Saginaw pump, but the fitting on the back is different. Instead of being a male end, its a female end. I figure the threads in the truck pump are metric, so could I just get a metric to npt fitting and run my original hose?

454ragtop

iTrader: (1)

Your old hose isn't NPT, it's a female flare with a straight thread. If you could find an adapter, it would work, but probably going to be tough to come by. Sometimes you can swap the fittings on the back of the pump, you'll have to see if they have the same thread inside the pump. Be careful taking the fitting out, there is a check valve, spring, shims, etc in there. Might be better off just making a custom hose, pump end needs to be metric O-ring style. box end is probably 3/8 inverted flare.
HTH, Jim

69Lsx6.0

I'm going to build one with an fittings. I'll keep you posted.