Well,
After replacing the suction hose to the hydraulic suspension pump on my 82 300td (wagon) trying to cure a leak I finally found an almost invisible hole in the rubber pressure hose that goes from the pump to the hard line. I am moving this weekend so I needed the car and I discovered this on Friday afternoon. The guys at my local hydralic/hose shop couldn't get to it until next week so I talked them into telling me how to reuse the mbz fittings and selling me the hose I needed. The hose I used was I believe parker 601. So after a bit of head scratching I actually got it done and every thing looks great and no leaks-all for a whoping $15 of hydraulic hose. Basically, with the hose removed from the car you put the fat part of the metal ends in a vise and unthread the hex bit on the end. Then with a good grip on the hose you remove the "fat part" of the metal end by unthreading it from the hose (reverse thread). You then simply transfer the fat female threaded piece onto the end of the new hose all of the way using motor oil as lube, back it off about 3mm to allow for some hose expansion when you insert the male portion of the fitting. Now, the hardest part is getting the tappered male insert seated all of the way into the hose to the point where the threads will engage with the fat-female threaded piece. In the end it went smooth, I again clamped the fat piece with the hose threaded into it in a vice and used a sturdy bar clamp situated between the side of the vice and the end of the male fitting to force the male fitting into the female as far as it would go-again lubing everything with motor oil, then I simply turned the male fitting with a wrench to engage the threads. It helps to put several pieces of waxy paper between the male fitting and the clamp so it will spin freely. Once you have a few threads engaged you can remove the clamp and just tighten all the way down. A good tip is to mark the hose where it enters the female fitting to make sure it doesn't get pushed too far out-the pros told me if it moves~ 1/4 inch thats ok but not more, you may have to counter hold the hose to keep it from pushing out while you tighten the male fitting. Once I figured it out it actually went quite quickly. It turns out these fittings are designed to be re-used.

Very good info...this might be an adviseable thread to be linked to in the DIY page sticky...

If it had pictures......

__________________
Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Whats the matter...don't wanna reinvent the wheel

Nah, I just need to SEE things with the limited way my mind works. It's hard enough to read and understand without this being in crayon!

__________________
Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Search on Ebay for ' surplushoseguy'.... just saw him yesterday... all sorts of hose...including for AC...

Oh I totally understand...that is why I put pictures on my website.
MSPaint is a wonderful picture making program

I did think about taking pictures but it was kind of a rush job. The nice thing is once you get the fittings apart you will pretty much be able to see how they need to go back together. Drove the snot out of the wagon with a very heavy load through the mountains this weekend and still no leaks BTW.