[V8] replacement hydraulic hoses

[Dave Saad]

It looks like you are trying to reinvent a wheel that is already  
perfectly round....
Spokane Hose (in Spokane Wa of course) has been through all of the  
issues of rebuilding these hoses. Their prices are reasonable and turn  
times are fast.
Your simplest repair is to send them the hose you need rebuilt and be  
done with it.  It has been a while, but I think the cost including  
shipping is in the $50 range.

Dave

On Oct 26, 2009, at 6:26 PM, NIck Miller wrote:

> Hey listers,
>
>    So, as I wasn't having much luck finding a used Hydraulic hose, I  
> went
> to a company we use at school to have our stocker taken a look at.
> What happened is, the supplier recomended using a differnt company who
> specializes in this, because the supplier couldn't handle the job  
> because of
> the welding needed to keep the banjo fitting.  So I went to the  
> specialty
> hose place in town, and spoke with him, and he is now repairing my  
> hydraulic
> hose's crimp fittings by cutting the banjo's crimp off, cutting the  
> hose,
> and re-using the car-end fitting and using a new run of hose and a  
> crimp
> fitting mated to the factory piece.
> So, I did start talking to him about making a different one out of  
> easily
> available parts.  He said it would be no problem, EXCEPT for the banjo
> fittings.  They have nothing that size, or that angle, so if you  
> could even
> find the right end you still have to braze/weld it. However, if you  
> can find
> the banjo fitting in the right length, the whole thing would go  
> together
> easily.
> So, I went ahead an came up with all the parts and am still looking  
> for the
> banjo.
> However, what I got is this for the hose:
> Diesel automotive grade hydraulic hose, good up to 305* and  
> certified for
> diesel/hydraulic use, and then sheathed in flame-proof sheath good  
> up to
> 1000+ degrees.
> The fittings will NOT be crimp fittings.  This means they will be
> serviceable type and less prone to failure as well.
>
> I'm trying to find the banjo fitting to be able to make these with  
> all new
> parts.
> However if I can't I was going to gauge interest in having the whole  
> unit I
> can make, without the banjo fitting, made, but then take a core of  
> your
> original hoses to use the banjo fittings on the otherwise new  
> units.  This
> would be the only way to do it if I can't find a new fitting.   This  
> will
> basically take your hose, cut the banjo off, weld it to a threaded  
> flange
> and attach it to the new unit.
>
> So, anyone interested/curious about this?  It seems the new hoses  
> are tough
> to come by and bloody expensive, and as I'm having mine re-done now  
> with 90%
> new parts at barely 40 dollars, I'd figure I'd throw it out there,  
> as it
> seems they like to leak.  This would be a set for all of them just  
> between
> the pump and its outputs.
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