Onebad68
Kind of a big deal
I have an 87' K5, 454/400/203/205 on one tons and lots of other neat stuff. I bought it for too good of a deal to pass up. When I got it it had a 350 with a nasty solid lifter cam with a 3000-7000RPM range and was everything you didnt want for a crawler. I yanked it out in favor of a warmed up 462 big block. It is setup for hydro assist and the box is tapped (havent installed the ram yet) but is an older flare style fitting box. When I had the 350 in it that would not produce hardly any vacuum and the bower brakes were a bitch to use I opted for a hydro boost setup out of a 1 ton truck.
Problem I had at the time was the hydroboost is the O-ring style lines. I was able to piece together an AN line after about 5-6 orders of getting the wrong ones and it worked great about two years ago, I took it out to a local mud bog event and all was well until the drive home when it was wandering all over the road. When I got home realized the steering box was peeled off the frame. Welded in a support and added a stiffener and parked it in the back of the shop.
Got some friends wanted to go snow wheeling soon so I went to drag it out of the shop and down to teh garage to give it a cleanup and once over. Carb is all gummed up and needs cleaned but it had no power steering, I fought it down to the garage figuring it was just low but then noticed the trail of fluid from the shop to the garage. My AN line has a pinhole in it. Looking it up now it does not look like it is rated for the pressure.
I would like to just go back to a factory hose if possible or have a local hydraulic shop make one. Does anyone know where to find the actual fitting sizes for the older GM boxes and the newer 85ish hydraboost fitting sizes? It took me forever to piece the hose together last time and dont even remember where I even got them from.
Problem I had at the time was the hydroboost is the O-ring style lines. I was able to piece together an AN line after about 5-6 orders of getting the wrong ones and it worked great about two years ago, I took it out to a local mud bog event and all was well until the drive home when it was wandering all over the road. When I got home realized the steering box was peeled off the frame. Welded in a support and added a stiffener and parked it in the back of the shop.
Got some friends wanted to go snow wheeling soon so I went to drag it out of the shop and down to teh garage to give it a cleanup and once over. Carb is all gummed up and needs cleaned but it had no power steering, I fought it down to the garage figuring it was just low but then noticed the trail of fluid from the shop to the garage. My AN line has a pinhole in it. Looking it up now it does not look like it is rated for the pressure.
I would like to just go back to a factory hose if possible or have a local hydraulic shop make one. Does anyone know where to find the actual fitting sizes for the older GM boxes and the newer 85ish hydraboost fitting sizes? It took me forever to piece the hose together last time and dont even remember where I even got them from.
