power steering queery

[lord_verminaard]

Those pumps don't fail very often.  I'm guessing air in the lines somewhere.  Do what drrtybyl said- flush the system, and yeah, have a friend fill while you turn the wheel.

Brendan

[Smokey Eddy]

I'm getting together with the fellas tomorrow to do some hard core wrenching. I'll finally pick up some PS fluid and let you know how it goes. Thanks for the help!

[madmedix]

If you guys do delete the power steering rack for a manual...there are a couple of things I would do differently:

1) d/c the steering knuckle, high pressure hoses, tie rod ends etc. and drop the whole sub-frame as one piece onto a hydraulic floor jack with a quick holding jig made out of a few 2x4 scraps (Or you can have a helper steady the assembly as you lower it. Just make sure you put the jack point midway across the subframe). This will save you big dough on: a) Bandages, b) Beer and c) Tylenol. It will also won't scare the neighbour hood children when you scream out the 7 words you can't say on TV over & over & over....

2) Put the rubber bellows on the steering shaft and get it onto the firewall first, then worry about the bottom end once the new rack/subframe is up.

Cheers,
Andy