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Originally Posted by 300TD1982
I've found replacements for some of the AC hoses, but several are NLA.
A shop has offered to rebuild my AC hoses by removing the metal ends and welding hose barbs to them, and then using an off-the-shelf hose (with Oetiker clamps or similar, I assume). I like this idea as it would future-proof the car (if any hoses need replacing in the next few decades it would be easy).
He can only do this if the hose ends are steel, not aluminum.
Any info on what metal the hose ends are?
Any opinions/experience with this particular approach?
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All the hose assemblies are steel, and welding on barbs is the best way if you want to have new hoses that fit the factory location. This is only needed where a stock bead-lock fitting is not available.