sitting on the highway
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sitting on the highway
powersteering pressure line gave out. Blew the fitting out the side of the pump. Got the half I could off to take to carquest. Now I'm waiting for the wife to feed the babies and come get me.
I'm sure glad there is a mechanical link between my wheel and wheels. Sorry for a pointless post but, I've run out of tools on board and parts to put on. :-(. Sure am wishing I had my tool box installed instead of my o shoot bag.
hope everyone is having a good morning.
I'm sure glad there is a mechanical link between my wheel and wheels. Sorry for a pointless post but, I've run out of tools on board and parts to put on. :-(. Sure am wishing I had my tool box installed instead of my o shoot bag.
hope everyone is having a good morning.
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at least you're not waiting for a tow truck!
when mine blew I drove it about 1 mile through Phoenix in rush hour traffic to the hotel I was staying at and than walked about a mile to autozone and got a new line and installed it in the hotel parking lot
when mine blew I drove it about 1 mile through Phoenix in rush hour traffic to the hotel I was staying at and than walked about a mile to autozone and got a new line and installed it in the hotel parking lot
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The downside of a single serpentine belt. Y'know, serp belt systems should be designed so that all "non-essential" pulleys (everything but the crank, tensioner, alt and water pump) can go into "idler" mode, so that if whatever they're turning seizes up, you can still run the belt.
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awe man, thats not the way to start the morning, at least you know whats wrong, hopefully you'll be up and running soon.
I see your from Chicago area, gonna be another warm one today I think, it already is here. Stay cool!
Hope your day gets better.
I see your from Chicago area, gonna be another warm one today I think, it already is here. Stay cool!
Hope your day gets better.
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I drove for a couple weeks without any power steering fluid when I busted the gearbox seal. The pump never did lock up and is still on there today. I tried to do that on my s10 and it locked up within a day.
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wow some of you guys are more brave than me. I got it fixed by 9:30 and back to work @ 10. $50 took care of it. Not to bad. Thanks for the well wishes. Sorry it took me so long to get back online,but a work day broke out.haha you could say the day got worse after this setback.
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has anyone had issues with the pressure line leaking at the p/s gearbox? i've ended up buying a set of crowfoot flare nut wrenches. i torqued it down pretty good. (i'm 6' 220lbs with a 3/8 ratchet).
it's just a flare fitting right, not something that looks like it but requires an o ring or something? i was topping of every morning, 50 miles. and every where i park there is a dinner plate sized leak. i'm tired of refilling.
it's just a flare fitting right, not something that looks like it but requires an o ring or something? i was topping of every morning, 50 miles. and every where i park there is a dinner plate sized leak. i'm tired of refilling.
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At the gearbox mine was just straight but at the pump there was a little o-ring. I did have to go back and re-seal the pump side with some plumbers tape. I had a fair drip going until I put that on there. You might try the same thing on yours. Also, I would undo the bigger fitting next to it and move it out of the way then get a line wrench on the smaller one so you can use the leverage better. just my opinion though. Crow wrenches never seem to work as well as i want them to.
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