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The high pressure power steering hose in my 1970 318 has sprung a pretty decent leak and I want to replace it. Problem is the original chrysler/federal pump has been replaced at some point with a 'TRW/Thompson' pump. Vendors sell the hose for the federal pump for a few bucks but the fitting at the pump end of the hose is a male O-ring-- this won't work on the Thompson pump as the hose fitting is flared with no O-ring (see pic, the o-ring fitting on left is for the federal pump but I need the flared fitting on the right). The hose I want to replace has a chrysler part number on one end-2891227 then 95165. It has a 5/16 flare at the steering box end and a 3/8 flare at the pump end. Anyone know where I buy this hose? Hardly any vendors mention Thompson pumps, only Federal or Saginaw.

Cheers

Piers

Hi,
It looks like someone swapt the end on your hose !? The fitting that use the o-ring dose not look like an original fitting ! I found the hose by the partnumber you are looking for on ebay for a nice price by a seller i can recomend you to buy from becas he is a good seller ! Here you will find that hose http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-MOPAR-1970- ... 35b81c3f40
I can also metion that you dont have to worry about the conditon on an old NOS hose that has been stored corektly becas the rubber in those are far better than you´l ever would find today and you will probably never have to swap that again