In Search Of: Oil Flex Hose for 2R5

[Rerun]

I'm in search of the flex hose for the oil pressure line on a '51 2R5 truck. This hose has a two-hole bracket that attaches to the head bolts. I'm told that the part# is 515712, but I can't verify that. Does anyone know if the more common 532339 ('39-63 Champion, without the bracket) will work as a substitute?

[jclary]

Try this link. Jim Turner makes them brand new. Don't take a chance with a brittle cracked NOS line that has been sitting who knows where for years.

http://www.turnerbrake.com/

[2R5]

Jim , I think I have what you need , trying to post a pic but that doesn’t seem to work, then again maybe it does !

[StudeRich]

Hi Jim, welcome back! Since you have been gone, we got a New Forum; "For Sale and Wanted" to post items like this.

[Rerun]

2R5,
That looks like the hose that was on the engine. Since this hose is for a "resurrection" rather than a "restoration" application, instead of using an NOS hose, I was trying to determine if the 532339 ('39-63 Champion, without the bracket) would fit up. These are readily available, and I believe, new reproduction hoses.

StudeRich,
My original post was asking the question as to whether 532339 hose could be substituted for the 515712 hose. Maybe that should be in "Tech Talk"?

[StudeRich]

Yes, we have sold several 532339 Fresh, New, Reproduction Oil Pressure Gauge Hoses, for Champion Engines without the "Special Bracket" and they work just fine.

[BRUCESTUDE]

Rerun- I used one without the bracket on a Champion engine some years ago, and it worked but I had to secure the hard line to the block somehow (I don't remember how) so engine vibration wouldn't loosen any fittings.