Hydraulic hose woes--again

[Wallace White]

Mike -

Say, did your pump take any damage from running dry when the hose burst?
I'm hoping mine is still okay...

- Wallace
  '87 5kcstq 170k

Motor Sport Visions Photography wrote:
> 
> I did. A little over a year ago. Christmas Eve 1999 to be exact. The
> hose was made up by The Hose Shop in Santa Cruz. They are a
> Parker-Hannifen (sp?) dealer and do race hoses for all different kinds
> of racers all over this part of the state (Earls dealer). The hose
> failed in the way you describe, crimp failed. It happened ~6-8 months
> after they made the hose. The cost of making up the hose from the old
> Audi fittings was very close to the price of a new hose from TPC at the
> time too so I wasn't real happy with the rebuilding idea anyway.