Aluminum adapter fitting

[astroracer]

I needed a fitting for the '86 Chevy Power Steering return hose from the reservoir. The pump has a 3/4" tube nipple and I couldn't find a fitting to go from that to -10 37 degree flare. So I made one.
Here is the pump with a long piece of 3/4id hose stuck on it.

Inside this chunk of 1" diameter aluminum is a 3/4" OD "hose barb". You can't see it, but it's in there...

I bought a couple of -10 weld bungs from Speedway. The bung will get welded to the barb after it's turned on the lathe.

Continued in next post.

[astroracer]

The weld bung has an ID of about .47 so I drilled the barb out to .50 to make an unrestricted path for the PS fluid.

Before parting off the "barb" I added a nice chamfer to the weld joint.

I ran a 3/8th inch bolt thru the fitting to hold everything together for welding.

After welding. I know it's not real pretty but it will do the job without leaking..

[astroracer]

Here is the hose and fitting held in place at the pump. Just imagine there is a piece of black hose connecting them together.

I cut the piece of hose down to length and mocked up the fittings.

With the return line attached.

I really don't care for the naked hose clamps so I put on a couple of clamp covers I had in my stash.

Mark

[DIYer]

Too bad the pictures don't work for me.

[astroracer]

Too bad the pictures don't work for me.

Sorry about that. Fotki is my picture site and they are in the process of moving servers so a lot of older pics are off line for a while. They are telling me they should be back up by the end of November...