ford, in their wisdom, decided to make some fittings in the chassis specific for the hose pipes and some not

always worth taking the time to look at the ends to see which need longer/shorter threads and which have the captive stuff on the ends built in

as for the op, it might have been that he's put the wrong hose on as it you get the full kit it's got 6, 2 for the fronts and then 2 per side for the rears