So I managed to get the truck stuck today while playing in the desert. The 4X4 would'nt engage. Well after hours of trying different paths and beating up the Ford tough truck I finally got unstuck but the PS and PB both quit working, tough drive home! It's wierd what would cause both the PS and PB to quit at the same time? Are they interlinked somehow? Anyone else ever experience this?

 

the both work off the P/S pump

 

Interesting, The serpientine isn't broken so maybee I burned up my PS pump?

 

Burned up your pump or lost you fluid.

 

With all the tough scrub out there, possibly something caught one of the hoses???

 

Probably knock a hole in you cooler mounted under your radiator, or tore a line loose. Easy enough to check by looking in the reservoir.

 

i priced a new one at oh-rye-lees for $50, w/ exchange of course.

 

Fluids are good, Ill do the PS Pump swap today, I wonder if it will fix the Inop ESOF problem too.

 

Nope, won't fix the ESOF. Probably a vacuum leak that is keeping your hubs from pulling in.

 

Haha, good point, ya never know!
Maybe replacing a tail lamp or lubing the pax door would fix the ESOF!
Purely ludicrous, but ya know how goofy these things are at times!
While you are in there, check those vac lines...

 

I love it, The folks at Auto Zone had the pulley removal tool for the Ford PS pulley, now I can proceed to install the new PS pump.