Is it possible to send a http Rest request to another K8 Pod that belongs to the same Service in Kubernetes?

E. G. Service name = UserService , 2 Pods (replica = 2)

Pod 1 --> Pod 2 //using pod ip not load balanced hostname 
Pod 2 --> Pod 1

The connection is over Rest GET 1.2.3.4:7079/user/1

The value for host + port is taken from kubectl get ep

Both of the pod IP's work successfully outside of the pods but when I do a kubectl exec -it into the pod and make the request via CURL, it returns a 404 not found for the endpoint.

Q What I would like to know if it is possible to make a request to another K8 Pod that is in the same Service?

Q Why am I able to get a successful ping 1.2.3.4, but not hit the Rest API?

below is my config files

 #values.yml
replicaCount: 1

 image:
  repository: "docker.hosted/app"
  tag: "0.1.0"
  pullPolicy: Always
  pullSecret: "a_secret"

service:
 name: http
 type: NodePort
 externalPort: 7079
 internalPort: 7079

ingress:
 enabled: false

deployment.yml

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: {{ template "app.fullname" . }}
  labels:
    app: {{ template "app.name" . }}
    chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}
    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
spec:
  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: {{ template "app.name" . }}
        release: {{ .Release.Name }}
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
          env:

            - name: MY_POD_IP
              valueFrom:
               fieldRef:
                fieldPath: status.podIP
            - name: MY_POD_PORT
              value: "{{ .Values.service.internalPort }}"
          ports:
            - containerPort: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
          livenessProbe:
            httpGet:
              path: /actuator/alive
              port: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
            initialDelaySeconds: 60
            periodSeconds: 10
            timeoutSeconds: 1
            successThreshold: 1
            failureThreshold: 3
          readinessProbe:
            httpGet:
              path: /actuator/ready
              port: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
          initialDelaySeconds: 60
          periodSeconds: 10
          timeoutSeconds: 1
          successThreshold: 1
          failureThreshold: 3
          resources:
{{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 12 }}
    {{- if .Values.nodeSelector }}
      nodeSelector:
{{ toYaml .Values.nodeSelector | indent 8 }}
    {{- end }}
      imagePullSecrets:
        - name: {{ .Values.image.pullSecret }

service.yml

kind: Service
metadata:
  name: {{ template "app.fullname" . }}
  labels:
    app: {{ template "app.name" . }}
    chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}
    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
spec:
  type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
  ports:
    - port: {{ .Values.service.externalPort }}
      targetPort: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
      protocol: TCP
      name: {{ .Values.service.name }}
  selector:
    app: {{ template "app.name" . }}
    release: {{ .Release.Name }}

executed from master

executed from inside a pod of the same MicroService