<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> well after about a month of searching, i found a shop that made me a hose by brazing connectors on the hardlines at both ends. so i'm reusing the oem connectors at the ends. they then made the rubber line to give the needed length. i'll see how the install goes this weekend...don't expect any problems.

the standard hydraulic hose places (typically industrial) couldn't deal with metric, nor many auto applications.

the shop that finally was able to braze on the universal connectors (JIC) sort of specializes in radiators...so perhaps brazing is one of their skill sets.

tom