[s-cars] Hydraulic "J" hose leaking

[Abe Berman]

Paul,

There must be something going around in VT, I just blew my J-Hose this
week as well.  Posto recommended www.pirtekusa.com for rebuilds,
others have gone with Spokane HOH, but have lost their restrictor so
now experience the groaning steering.  Did you go to Charlebois in
Burlington?  My buddy needs one done for one of his 200 20v's, want to
do a group shipment somewhere?

Abe Berman
Burlington, VT
93 S4 176k
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de-lurking here....

Yup, I blew the J-hose last night - the one from the hydraulic pump to
the accumulator.   Yup, it's the part that's $558 at the local dealer
here in Vermont.  ECS shows it at just $495.  Haven't seen it anywhere
else.

It looks like a straight forward fix, and I suspect that I'll need to
also replace any washers/o-rings as a part of it.  I checked with a
local place that rebuilds hydraulic hoses, but he doesn't think that
he has the stock and fittings on hand for this application -
apparently he's been asked to do this before, and discovered this
needs to be a hose of 2500 PSI working pressue, and he doesn't have
the stock on hand to do that.

The next alternative is sending it out to Spokane's House of Hose (as
I've researched in the archives, many folks point to them with good
results).  Anyone have an idea as to the cost?  Anything else I should
address while I'm fixing the hose?

Thanks all,
Paul

95.5 S6A