What is Your Personal Experience with NOS Hoses of All Kinds?

[Dibbons]

Just installed a NOS power steering pressure hose on the '72 Satellite Sebring Plus because I did not like the rebuilt hose I had made locally and neither did I like the threaded ends on the reproduction hose I found. The NOS hose seemed to weigh more than the repro hose as well. Paid a pretty penny, of course.

I was just wondering what kind of longevity other forum members have experienced with old, but never before installed radiator, heater, (brake?), and power steering hoses ? I wonder what kind of performance I should expect?

At least I performed a thorough p/s flush and installed a filter in the new return line.

 

[Dibbons]

I found you can't purge anything at all from the power steering pump without turning the wheel right and left. The return line packaging recommended disabling the ignition system, jacking up the vehicle, removing the return line, and cranking the motor 2-3 seconds at a time in order to flush the system.

It also works that way to purge the system after everything is all buttoned up. I used a remote starter switch and left the key in the off position.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

I put an NOS P/S hose on my Challenger when I built it 25 years & 100K miles ago, it's still on there...

I have an NOS P/S hose for my Coronet when I get to that point... Hopefully it lasts as long as the hose on my Challenger...

Aftermarket hoses may work fine but they don't look anything like the OE hoses...