[Richard and Rhonda]

I have to get under there this weekend anyway, so I'll take some pics and get the data you are looking for.

Your idea on the hose sounds about right. I'll pay attention the size of the inlet fitting.

On a big side trip, the engineering department where I was trained had a real, real old school head of department. He kept a time honored tradition of a weekly test for the engineers on typical engineering parts. A table of twenty different fittings, valves, meters, pipes, and such would be laid out. On Friday, a test was given on ten of them. You had to know by sight the part, the size, the threads, and the material. I can still eyeball 1/2 NPT.

There is a Newell in Flat Rock that has been for sale for years. You ought to go finagle a drive in it to see if it truly rides better than your rig. I always think other peoples coaches ride and drive better than mine, till I get behind their wheel.