Hey all! I am in quite the conundrum! My wife's 02 Durango 4.7l SLT popped a leak at the plastic "Y" fitting from the aux pump to the heater hose (front passenger side in the engine compartment). For the life of me I cannot find JUST that fitting. Everyone wants to sell me the whole hose assembly. I ended up working up some plumbing with some reducers/connectors, hose and clamps and it's holding fine but it just looks so janky and I don't want her to get stuck on the side of the road. I THINK the main hose coming off the pump is 5/8" and it "Y's" in to two 3/4". Any thoughts on where the hell to get just this connection or is doing what I did the only way to go without the whole assembly? Thanks!

 

This thing?

 

Close! It's 5/8" on the main stem and reduces to 3/4" on the 2 ends of the "Y" That's the trick! I can find different Y connectors but none that size!!

 

3/4 is larger than 5/8ths.

The one listed has one 3/4 inch, and two 5/8ths..... not sure which is which though.

 

Ack, sorry, correct. 3/4 > 5/8 reduction.

Edit: The issue I have is I can find some 3/4 >5/8 y fittings but they are facing the wrong way. I need the two 5/8 sides to point the same way, towards the firewall of the Durango. It's so weird.

 

Here's what I got going on that got her running again. The Red is the "Y" fitting I did find. You'll see the one branch of it points up, towards the front of the D. This made it so I had to loop some hose around the AC line and put a kink in it. It's not a terrible kink and I think it allows flow but I just don't know if this is going to hold well over long term.




Sketchy

 

I replaced my whole heater hose assemblys like 1-1/2 years ago. weren't cheap, will hopefully be good for at least another 10 years.