I hate to ask this question becasue it's probably simple. How the heck do you get these hoses off without kinking and tearing them up? When I took the old ones off my 216, they practally fell apart. No big deal since I was going to replace them anyway. Now, with my 235 that I'm rebuilding, I don't want to tear them up. These are practally new. Dumb question? Rick
Rick, one end of each hose should have a swivel type connector on it that will prevent the hose from twisting or kinking.
That's what I thought? Thanks Ken but no swivel on these hoses? Didn't have them on the old motor either?
At least one end _HAS_ to have a swiveling ferrule or they'd have twisted up upon installation many years ago ~ when new they're not loosey-goosey , take a close look and you should see .
I stand corrected...to a point! I went back and looked at the ones from the old motor "He never throws anything away" They had swivels! These do not. I'm wondering now if they were made up on the motor (new hoses slipped over a barbed fitting)? I'll send a pic later. I can't seem to get them out the way they are so I might end up cutting them to see what's up.
Compression fittings? Those look like some kind of compression fittings. Here's a pic of my setup on my truck. The swivel ends are attached to the canister.
Who knows Ken! Thanks Ken, They're comin off there tomorrow...then we'll know. My old ones did have the swivels. I think these were made up on the motor. Again, I'm thinking slip onto a barbed fitting...nice if you never plan to change them. I'll let ya know! Rick
Hoses Rick ; Take a look at the old hoses , the crimped part at each end can be carefully cut away and then slipped off along with the old leaky hose to reveal standard hose barbs , get some new oil resistant hose and clamps , make up your own hoses then order up a set from Chevy Duty as they sell them cheaply .
Barbed fittings Just as I suspected, these hoses were installed on the motor with barbed fittings in place. Thanks for the help, Rick
Some people dont know this. Dont bother to put and after market filter on you inliner if your going to plumb the oil lines as is stock......They do nothing but take some oil pressure away and filter a very little oil. If your using the stock oil filter for the reason of keeping it stock looking go for it. If not just get rid of it. The filter does not do anything at all.If you dont believe it run your truck 500 miles and remove the return in the lower pan rail. A bout a drip will come out every now and then. If you are going too put a aftermarket oil filter on it you need to change some things around and go full pressure. I wrote and article on how to do it...I will look for it.It should only be done during a rebuild as it involves some drilling and taping. Its funny but if you use and aftermarket spin on filter you will see pressure loss on your stock gauge for a while. Plug just the feed tube and see how much your oil pressure goes up........
Stock Oil Filters Actually work quite well . They only filter about 10 % of the oil but over time that's vastly better than nothing . I service thse rigs on a regular basis and I get to see the filthy elements when I remove them ~ don't let anyone tell you they don't work , it's simply not so . If you don't trust a long time mechanic , look at it this way : GM was king of the cheap truck market back in the day and they'd NEVER $pend one penny on a non functioning item . Oil fiters equal longer engine life , no way around it .
