impala
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06-20-12 07:35 PM - Post#2239651
In response to lone star
but the previous owner assured me that this whole assembly came off a running and drive car. And i trust him. How would the system act if the hoses from the valve to cylinder are kinked? The hoses didnt just fall into place it took a bit of effort to get them to fit without stripping those small threads on the fittings. Not sure if thats normal.
Running and driving but maybe starting to vibrate due to the pump going away! Unless you personally drove the donor car I wouldn't discount anything.
It's normal having to fight the hoses a little due to the routing. I doubt you could have kinked the pressure hose but the return hose is a lighter material and a tight enough bend could kink it. BTW the return hose has the smaller of the two fittings. The hose from the valve to the cylinder are both pressure hoses and looking at my 61 the routing is simple enough to make kinking improbable. The shop manual does describe how to check the pump pressure but it would be a project making up an inline gauge. Probably the pump could be rebuilt just as fast.
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