John Reddie
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A while back I purchased a rear brake hose from NAPA for my '67 Fury III with drum brakes (11"). Last week I noticed that the steel line running from the splitter under the master cylinder was in definite need of replacement; most likely the original. I bought new tubing, copied the bends from the old line but when I went to install the rubber hose, I found that the end that threads into the rear splitter on the rear end is too small. The hole in the splitter needs a threaded end that is 7/16 - 20 but the new NAPA hose end is 3/16 - 24.
I went back to NAPA and found another hose for this car with the correct size end and states that it is for a "67 Plymouth Fury as well. The hose has several features that I am not familiar with. One is that the second hose is smaller in diameter the the first one (see attached photo).
Also on the other end where the tubing connects, there is no nut part that fits into the support bracket to prevent movement and the grove where the horseshoe clip fits in is wider than the original so I think that it may not keep the connection tight as it should. NAPA claims that this is correct for this car. I decided to pick up another hose from O'reilly's with correct 7/16 - 20 end and it is the same as the NAPA one.
In the past 46 years I have owned 5 "67 Fury's and all of them have had the rear splitter with the larger 7/16 - 20 end. This is the first time that I have expereinced this hose problem. Does anyone here know what Fury takes the smaller 3/16 -24 end hose. I also learned that there is no adapter available. Thanks for any info here.
John
I went back to NAPA and found another hose for this car with the correct size end and states that it is for a "67 Plymouth Fury as well. The hose has several features that I am not familiar with. One is that the second hose is smaller in diameter the the first one (see attached photo).
Also on the other end where the tubing connects, there is no nut part that fits into the support bracket to prevent movement and the grove where the horseshoe clip fits in is wider than the original so I think that it may not keep the connection tight as it should. NAPA claims that this is correct for this car. I decided to pick up another hose from O'reilly's with correct 7/16 - 20 end and it is the same as the NAPA one.
In the past 46 years I have owned 5 "67 Fury's and all of them have had the rear splitter with the larger 7/16 - 20 end. This is the first time that I have expereinced this hose problem. Does anyone here know what Fury takes the smaller 3/16 -24 end hose. I also learned that there is no adapter available. Thanks for any info here.
John