Opinion on P/S Issue

[Dr_Snooz]

I got a junkyard reservoir and cut the top off. Pull out the filter and epoxy the top back on. It's worked well since 3/2011.

[DBMaster]

I thought that you said the top was not staying stuck on very well?

[Oldblueaccord]

There are only a few seals in the P/S pump. Two large funky diamond shaped o-rings for the body, a special seal for the pistons, a couple of o-rings, and the shaft seal. I'll take you longer to remove the fluid and pump than it will take to clean it up and replace the seals. The stupid kit did not come with a new o-ring for the high pressure hose, though. I had to dig into my "collection" for that.

The control box on the rack has just as many parts and there are seals on that assembly that can leak as well. That's how I lost all my fluid several years ago.

Yeah im gonna try and pop the seal out and replace it.

There some trouble shooting stuff in one of the manuals. It sometimes sounds like your loosing pressure but unless you have a high pressure gauge that you could watch it be hard to figure out.

Keep flushing the fluid I know its a PIA but either pop the low pressure line off and pump it out or use a turkey baster and get it out of the resivior manually.


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[Dr_Snooz]

I thought that you said the top was not staying stuck on very well?

The top came off after about a month when the epoxy failed. That's my fault because I didn't degreaser the surface I applied epoxy to. My projects can span many months between when I get the parts from the junkyard and when I finally install them and get them working properly. I nibble at them here and there as I have time. I thought I had prepped for epoxy, but I hadn't, so I ended up applying epoxy to a surface covered with PS fluid. I cleaned it properly and re-epoxied and it's been a champ since.

Long story short: be sure to clean all surfaces of dust, oil and debris thoroughly before epoxying. LOL

[ecogabriel]

My projects can span many months between when I get the parts from the junkyard and when I finally install them and get them working properly. I nibble at them here and there as I have time.

Well, I may be even worse than you.

For my distributor rebuilt, it took me well over a year from the time I first found who carried the bearing until finally picking up the phone and ordering it. Then another couple of months until I got the time to actually doing it (I used the time right after dissertation defense when I was a little relaxed)

Not having a working space has compounded my procrastination too...

[DBMaster]

To get the old P/S fluid I disconnect the front return hose and attach it to a longer piece of 3/8" hose using a brass nipple (all joking aside). The end of the long hose goes into a suitable container. You start the car and after about 10-15 seconds almost all the fluid is out. This is pretty similar to the procedure in the manual. I have used my manual vacuum pump on the reservoir, but with the internal filter taking up about 1/3 of the space you can only get about 1/4-1/3 of the fluid out of the system that way.

I thought pretty much the same thing regarding the troubleshooting procedure in the manual. Without additional tools and willingness (on my part) further troubleshooting probably isn't going to happen for a while. I have all my parts set to do the timing belt so that is the next project for my procrastination at the moment. The steering is OK for now. It still sometimes suffers from what I feel as excessive effort in parking situations, but at least it's not cutting out like before. I imagine I will change the fluid again soon since it's only $7.50 worth of fluid - three of the small bottles. Though, the fluid I removed was still pretty clear and the inside of the pump was literally spotless.

[BB_cuda]

New guy here, i'm a mopar person so BB_cuda means big block barracuda (1967 in my case.) I have been tinkering with my 89 LXI sedan P/S system. I finally found the leak at the vehicle speed sensor. It was a 6" hose and 2 clamps that fixed it.

My point of replying is I buy 1 quart bottles of Honda specific P/S fluid at o'reilly for about $7. I had been feeding the leak for a while and that was the cheapest way i could do it. I was eating about a quart per week.

[DBMaster]

I get mine at Wal Mart for $2.47 a bottle. I can't remember the brand but it is a known name brand and is Honda specific. I've been using it for over 125,000 miles in my rebuilt rack.