joseph m. hahnl
05-18-2010, 05:54 PM
I got the Minx wet this weekend. All the little things I repaired are working:party:, Except the Power steering does not seem to work at all:boggled:.
This seems to have bee a progressive development. Last year it had ruptured the low pressure return line from the steering ram. The power steering pump was making that low out of fluid sound and even adding fluid to the proper level it still was whining. So I replaced it with power steering pump that I had from a 350 I got when I first bought the Minx.
well it is quiet now but the steering at speed is rock hard to turn.
I believe the power steering pump is working and I suspect the Ram is the culprit.
I'm waiting on a set of U joints to come in and I will address the steering at that point. I would like to run a test on the Ram by disconnecting the steering cable and pushing the actuater to see if the ram is moving with the pump.
Any other Ideas here would be greatly appreciated:confused:
Joe
This seems to have bee a progressive development. Last year it had ruptured the low pressure return line from the steering ram. The power steering pump was making that low out of fluid sound and even adding fluid to the proper level it still was whining. So I replaced it with power steering pump that I had from a 350 I got when I first bought the Minx.
well it is quiet now but the steering at speed is rock hard to turn.
I believe the power steering pump is working and I suspect the Ram is the culprit.
I'm waiting on a set of U joints to come in and I will address the steering at that point. I would like to run a test on the Ram by disconnecting the steering cable and pushing the actuater to see if the ram is moving with the pump.
Any other Ideas here would be greatly appreciated:confused:
Joe