[V8] abusive relationship

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Dave,

Please make sure to clean the area well, as this is where IIRC  
hydraulic leaks have attacked the wiring harness --  and fried a few  
of them. No need for another fried V8!

On Jul 19, 2007, at 4:12 PM, d saad wrote:

>
>
> I think Spokane Hose is a great company - but make sure to tell  
> them to
> weld on new hose barbs. If they don't, the likelyhood of a leak is  
> high.
> Something about the barbs not being big enough for their hose and
> equipment. In fact, this is probably why the OEMs all leak after a  
> while.
>
> If a hose does fail, they stand behind it though.
>
> btw, my
> leak is at the connection of hardline to rack section. It went from  
> a few
> drips to gusher in a few days. The other section has already been  
> rebuilt.
> (three times - last time they put on a new hose barb)
> Also, this oil
> has soaked the left wheel well and is causing all the undercoating  
> to fall
> off. Under the car it is dissolving the undercoating. I hope it  
> does not
> attack the new suspension bushings I just put in.
> I am using the
> Chevron RYKON 32 oil.
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>>
> The bugaboo with our hoses being rebuilt locally is the metric  
> fittings.
>
>> Be sure in your phone shopping that you mention the
> application.
>>
>> Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com>
> wrote:  > Ed, check the yellow pages for a
>> hydraulic shop
> near you (such as the
>>> ever-famous spokane hose) -- I had a
> couple of my hyd. lines rebuilt
>>> locally for something like
> $20 per. Looks great, top notch job, etc.
>>>
>>
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