a little low on fluid
noticed when braking hard pedal goes down a little too much
gonna b on the look for leaks
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
power steering pump
This has been a nightmare of a job on this car, but I did it. I had been putting it off, but it got to where it was leaking about a quart a day.
Monday night got the pump removed. I had a guy to help me.
The problem was the pulley needed to be pressed on. I have always done this by using a 3-prong gear puller to get under the pulley and pull it off, but this one was made of plastic and required a special puller to remove it. I busted the pulley trying to improvise a way to use the hydraulic press i have. Anyway, I think the old one may have been brittle from the heat and probably needed replacing anyway. I already had the new pump.
Anyhow, I didn't get it fixed on Monday, so I didn't make it to work on Tuesday.
So I checked around and found a pulley in stock at the Auto Zone store in Chesnee, sc and they also had the special too needed to press the pulley on the new pump. The picture above shows the special tool. So I drive over there and use that tool sittin on the floor in the store. They had the pulley and I got it pressed on successfully.
When I got back to the garage, they guy that helped me last night wasn't there and I had to do the installation by myself, but I got it done finally by about 10 p.m.
It's been a heck of a day working on this thing.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
noise under the hood
sounds like maybe a power steering pump. could be alternator or water pump?? letting it get worse to know for sure. 3/9/11
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
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