Powersteering pump
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Powersteering pump
Well my p/s pump is finally giving up the ghost after 38 yrs 
I have to fill it at least twice a week. The front bearing is really, really loose.
I checked my local autoparts(private store) and for $56 I can get a new pump!
Yahoo!!
So this weekend I will be installing it(after I figure how to get pump out of reseviour(sp?) It's been really quiet,not giving me any grief, but now I can't keep fluid for more than a couple days. Won't have to worry about inner fender EVER rusting out!
Now, if I can figure out how to double the fuel mileage
I have to fill it at least twice a week. The front bearing is really, really loose.
I checked my local autoparts(private store) and for $56 I can get a new pump!
Yahoo!!So this weekend I will be installing it(after I figure how to get pump out of reseviour(sp?) It's been really quiet,not giving me any grief, but now I can't keep fluid for more than a couple days. Won't have to worry about inner fender EVER rusting out!
Now, if I can figure out how to double the fuel mileage
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From: texas,earth
38 years....just getting broken in
if you can gat a pump With the reservoir, it would be a good idea. there is a large oring that seals pump to body..most of the time, the dings in the p/s can do not match the new pump....which leads to leaks
don't forget to flush the gearbox & install new lines
if you can gat a pump With the reservoir, it would be a good idea. there is a large oring that seals pump to body..most of the time, the dings in the p/s can do not match the new pump....which leads to leaks don't forget to flush the gearbox & install new lines
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Ya, already have new lines on it.
The listing said pump w/ reservoir.....so I guess I'll find out tomorrow what I get.
I'm hoping that it all works out. Be really great if I fix one leak to make another?? Geez!
The listing said pump w/ reservoir.....so I guess I'll find out tomorrow what I get.
I'm hoping that it all works out. Be really great if I fix one leak to make another?? Geez!
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Try riding a bike to work. I've been doing that for the past 3-4 weeks at 20 miles round trip. It doesn't double my mileage but it does double-triple how long a tank lasts. It used to be a tank a week. Got two weeks out of my last couple tanks. I figure I'm saving about $5 a day doing this and it looks like I'm gonna be saving more than that. The cool thing is that I'm awake when I get to work instead of taking til noon to wake up.
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I'm a 17 miles ONE WAY ride thru the worst traffic infested, under construction, uphill BOTH ways nightmare!! I'm thinking motorcycle,maybe? Pedalling would take near 2 hrs? I'm not getting up at 4 am to go to work.
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Originally Posted by Freightrain
I'm a 17 miles ONE WAY ride thru the worst traffic infested, under construction, uphill BOTH ways nightmare!! I'm thinking motorcycle,maybe? Pedalling would take near 2 hrs? I'm not getting up at 4 am to go to work.
but seriously folks..i'd do mass transit 2-4 days a week, if they had a system worth a **** in Ft Worth.
But they don't, and a bike to work would be like taking your life in your hands around here
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Ya, we have a "better", more interactive bus system around here between towns, but it would take HOURS to get to work that way between waiting on switch-overs and such. It's only a $1, but there again getting up a 4am to get there??? Not!
BTW, I picked up the pump Fri. Looks the same as mine(only shiny black paint). I hope to get it installed today. It' was $56, which I thought was pretty reasonable
BTW, I picked up the pump Fri. Looks the same as mine(only shiny black paint). I hope to get it installed today. It' was $56, which I thought was pretty reasonable
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