| Three PS pumps and three steering boxes/seals later... [message #138199] |
Tue, 09 August 2011 17:26  |
Andrew
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Registered: April 2011
Location: Connecticut
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The power steering pump that I replaced before leaving Savannah failed after about 20 miles. I decided to drive on.
400 miles later, when I lost my transmission and was towed to a shop in Bridgewater VA, I asked the guy to take a look at the PS pump too.
He did, and has now replaced the pump a few times, the steering box once or twice, and the seals in the box once. Each time, the system blows out somewhere. Today, he was sure he finally had it worked out, and called me in to pick up the coach. Sometime in the 15 minutes between the call and my arrival, the system failed again at the steering box seals.
I suggested that they bypass the wiper manifold and possibly the inline filter that I added, to see if it will hold with only the pump and the box in the system. They'll try that in the morning.
Any other ideas?
I can live without wipers/power steering if I must, and would have chosen to if I'd imagined it would consume an extra week (and counting) to work on it. But if it's close, might as well get it resolved.
In positive news, they finally took Manny's transmission put for a test drive today, and all's well on that front.
1973 Sequoia 260 (since 2011)
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