Power steering line/hose

I noticed that the power steering line/hose between the steering box and wiper assembly had begun to weep at the steering box fitting. It's likely 50 years old so I had a new one made. When a hydraulic hose goes bad you get very little or no warning. When it blows you lose power steering and the crank driven (!) power steering pump runs dry... that's both very dangerous and costly.

The hydraulic shop wasn't able to reuse the chromed line due to metric vs. imperial issues. Instead they made a metric hose with an imperial fitting at each end. It fit well. Before running the engine I put the car on jacks stands and bled the system of air by turning the front wheels full-lock a few times. After that I started the engine - no leaks. Test drove it for a leisurely hour - no leaks. I tightened the fittings one more time now that everything had gotten nice and hot and called it a day.

The new hose is not OEM correct but I really don't care. My car is a nice driver, not a show car.