Tim Wescott wrote:

You need at least some swooping bends to accommodate the engine
movement, I know that -- just not how much.

The bends are so the lines don't flex and break the connection fittings
mainly. How much you will need will depend on how stiff the lines are
and how far between the connections. I would try to route them so the
bends are close to parallel with the frame, that way they don't flex much.


Hey -- how often does the hose go down below the pump? It's looking
like the way to get this to fit is to have the "swoop" go underneath the
pump, then back up from behind. I wouldn't have thunk of it except that
the cut-off piece of high pressure hose that came with the box does that.

You can route the pressure and return lines pretty much any way you
like. Look at most newer trucks and you will see the return line comes
out of the box and runs forward, connects to a cooler loop in front of
the A/C and than back to the pump. (If you want the same thing the loop
is usually nothing more than a few S bends of steel tubing)

I'm getting there -- I've got the box ends of the hoses tweaked to go
through the opening between the inner fender and the frame rail, and
I've got the cut-off piece of high pressure hose loose from the pump*,
ready to turn down to go under. I think I've got enough stuff here to
mock it up, then it's off to the auto parts store, and if that doesn't
work then the custom hose place.

* With a detour to weld up the broken bracket, which I didn't realize
was broken until I degreased it! Bad me for not being clean _early_!



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Steve W.