The BAD AST Project - Faze II

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Spent most of yesterday morning out in the shop. Thursday was my last day at AM General. Monday I start working back at the GM Tech Center in Warren. Anyway I had the day so I didn't want to waste it.

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.

Making the hose barb. Can you see it? This was in there all along...

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..

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

Mark