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Update! I rebuilt my old oil cooler hoses from the lines I had. Here's a little rundown: I picked up two of these caps at Lowes. They're half-inch, but I'm not sure what the threading is. They fit, though. I just used them to plug the filter housing in case the oil decided to try finding it's...

Hey aren't we second cousins? Just kidding around. My old one's are in good shape except for the crimps. That's why I'm thinking if I can get my C-note back from Amazon.com, I'll be better off hose clamping some good hydraulic hose on these old ones. That was my first instinct (after you...

I'll give it one more shot before sending them back. I tried several times bending it while they were attached. I even rigged up a nylon rope and a come-along to pull it back into place so I could get the P-clip on it. No dice. I had a feeling there was going to be an issue when I lined it up...

I compared them to the old ones before putting them on, marked them both. And one of them fits fine. The other one would touch the shifter linkage no matter which port you put it on. I wish I could cut off a half inch and re-flare it, but that's beyond me.

Well, I finally got time to install the new lines today, and one of them just doesn't fit. The one that goes from the top position at the radiator to the rear port on the filter housing sticks out to far to install the clip back on it. I tried everything including bending it in place. Compared...

I never even got to the engine sides of the hoses. I was trying to take them off at the radiator end first so I could prop them up and drain as much of the oil out of the line and back into the engine as possible. Hoping the engine side won't be as bad since it's up against the filter housing.

Yeah, they're the Delcos (both made in China in my case). I got them on Amazon. I had an hour or so saturday to work on it, but I couldn't get one of the old ones off. I got the top one at the radiator end off, but the bottom one is stuck on there good. I gotta go get some PB Blaster or...

Got these in today. I'm hoping to have an hour or so this weekend to get them installed. I'll report back when I do.

I'm with you on that. It's been bugging me that I don't have one on there. If I found a NOS one, would it fit/attach the same way over the GR starter as it would have over the DD starter?

I hope I'm not jumping in on your thread when I shouldn't be, but I've got a similar issue and a couple of ideas that might help. My starter was occasionally hanging up or not turning when I'd turn the key. The first time it happened I popped the hood and could have sworn I saw a little smoke...

Do you happen to still have the part number so I can be sure I get the right ones if I go that route. I'm leaning toward cucvrus's fix, but if it's an easy install I might order the AC Delcos. By the way, do you have to drain any oil to install new hoses?

Belts are on. No squealing. Everything seems to be good so far. Now on to my leaky oil cooler lines... (that's a job for another thread.) Thanks again everyone for all of the help and advice.

Finally got around to taking her to a welder. It ain't pretty, but it's stronger than stock. Actually, it is kinda pretty.

Yeah, it looks that way. I'm going to try to get out there and take it off this afternoon. I'll probably try the welding shop first. I'm glad I have the bolt-on as a fallback plan though. I appreciate all the help/advice. If it wasn't for this site, I'd probably hang a for sale sign on this...

You know, I've never welded anything in my lifetime, but I guess it's never too late to start. A Harbor Freight welder is probably cheaper than I'm going to find this part for. I might put out the bat signal and see if I can find someone around here to do it first.

Well, as it turns out doghead was right. Except the bottom parts of the bracket were fine. This top mounting point, however, seems a bit off: So at the moment I can't tighten (or even install) a power steering belt. But the other belts are on the right pulleys. I don't feel great about driving...

Looks like the culprit is a wrong pulley on alt 1. If I put a straight edge on the power steering pulley, it does sit forward of the alt 1 pulley by a several millimeters. I'm sure it would work for a while, but I'm shimming out the alt pulley so everything will line up right and I can avoid...

Correct. I'm missing the power steering belt, and the alt #1 belt is the wrong size and on the wrong pulleys.

I crawled under today, and I don't see any missing bolts and none even seemed loose. And eyeballing it, I can't see why it wouldn't be aligned if the belts were put on the right pulleys. I gotta say I'm a little aggravated with my mechanic. I should have just made time to do it myself.

The Wiki has these belts listed: Driver side alt- Gates# 25-7575; Dayco# 15580 Passenger side alt- Gates# 7483; Dayco# 15490 Power Steering- Gates# 7448; Dayco#15455 This thread on "better fitting belts" lists some shorter belts to allow for better tightening. I'm inclined to go with the part...