Greg Wolodkin
Member
Hi all -
I've got the newer style combined pump/reservoir and the original steel lines from the pump to the steering column. Just recently went from no leaks to a small leak to a pretty major leak over a matter of days. The leak is at the pump outlet, looks to be where the 90deg brass elbow meets the flared steel line.
I was expecting to find a flare that was split, or possibly a split nut. But to my surprise it actually looks like the seat on the brass elbow is worn and no longer providing a good mating surface.
According to my parts manual the elbow is part #C5NN3N676A but when I look for this online, those that say what it actually is claim it's a 37deg JIC fitting instead of what I had assumed would be a standard 45deg flare.
I'll pull the fitting and inspect more closely this evening, but I'm tempted to see if I can simply dress the face of this fitting up a bit, maybe tune up the existing flare a little on the steel line and see if I can get it to re-seat. I'm guessing that this elbow isn't some stock thing I can get from NAPA.
Thoughts? Thanks in advance!
Greg
I've got the newer style combined pump/reservoir and the original steel lines from the pump to the steering column. Just recently went from no leaks to a small leak to a pretty major leak over a matter of days. The leak is at the pump outlet, looks to be where the 90deg brass elbow meets the flared steel line.
I was expecting to find a flare that was split, or possibly a split nut. But to my surprise it actually looks like the seat on the brass elbow is worn and no longer providing a good mating surface.
According to my parts manual the elbow is part #C5NN3N676A but when I look for this online, those that say what it actually is claim it's a 37deg JIC fitting instead of what I had assumed would be a standard 45deg flare.
I'll pull the fitting and inspect more closely this evening, but I'm tempted to see if I can simply dress the face of this fitting up a bit, maybe tune up the existing flare a little on the steel line and see if I can get it to re-seat. I'm guessing that this elbow isn't some stock thing I can get from NAPA.
Thoughts? Thanks in advance!
Greg