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Hello All,
Good news today! I finally got the motivation to fix my power steering issue. I had been driving for about 4 months without power steering. It was tough in the beginning but it definetely helped my arms. Anyways the reason for no powersteering was a rusted crossover line at the rack which gave out while performing a sharp U-turn one day. I immediately lost all the fluid in the system, Luckily I had one spare bottle which I poured in just to get me home without burning out the pump. After that I just removed the belt for the pump and since then I was just waiting for a good day to do it. Today was the day. I called around trying to get those damned crossover lines but nobody had them. They only come with a new rack...i.e. you can't get them seperately. But I wasnt about to pay 170 dollars for a rebuilt rack while my existing rack is in great condition. So i decided, with the help of my father, the just make new lines out of 1/4 in brake line tubing. At first look it seemed I would have to remove the rack due to clearance issues while trying to get at the fittings. I decided against it. I simply cut the lines off at the fittings, all four, and then hammered on a 11mm to remove said fittings. With the fittings off I noticed the lines had a strange type of flaring at the end. (I forgot to take pictures but will do so later this weeek) Luckily my father has a hydraulic flaring tool which I we used to make a similar flair as the old one. I put new O-rings at the ends of the lines and installed them. It wasnt easy but it is doable. After installing the belts I poured in some Synthetic Dexron4..or maybe 5? As of now I dont see any leaks. But will check again later this week. Hopefully it holds!
Also while I was at it I repacked the right front bearing and replaced the seal. The trunk was aslo adjusted at the hinges to make for proper seating against the trunk seal. I am getting a terrible water leak into the trunk..hopefully that adjustment helps....
Well thats about it for my ''rant''. If you guys have any questions or comments please feel free!
Thanks for reading,
Art
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Teach a man to fish and he will never go hungry. Teach a man to rob a bank, he will never go fishing again.
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