Power Steering Hose (high side) 92 CV

[luggnutz]

Cant for the life of me get this hose off to replace it. Does anyone have any tips on getting it off? It is in a difficult position, do I need a certain wrench to grab the nuts? Thanks

[denisond3]

I know nothing about CrownVics, but typically the 'flare nuts' on those rack-assembly hydraulic lines are hard to reach "in place". The tool I use is a crowsfoot wrench, with a 3/8" drive. And not just any crowsfoot wrench either, but a 6 point flare-nut crowsfoot wrench. Here is the URL for an image of a crowsfoot that has 12 points - but the 6 point kind will be less likely to round-off the hex corners.
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/OBJECTS/21500/21470.JPG
As you see its a www(dot)snapon(dot)com item, and they may have the 6 point wrenches in the trucks, but just dont show them in their e-catalog. I did a google search using "+crowsfoot +"flare nut" +point and turned up this URL: www.thefind.com/hardware/info-dr-flare
That led me to this URL: http://www.algrovetoolsupply.com/cgi...I27318/search/
I only buy the sizes I need, since I am used to them costing $20-$40 apiece; so a cheap one might be made in China....though it might work just as well. Most of the ones I have I bought via local tool supply stores, as auto parts places seldom carry the really unusual wrenches.

[rhandwor]

http://www.ntxtools.com/ SKT-4511 APT-7115 A lot of people use 5/8 but a 16mm is almost the same size I have both.
SK is about $95.00 APT is appx $35.00