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<\/p>\nMy last classic car had manual steering…and at the time I wished I had power steering.\u00a0 Now I have power steering, and kinda wish I didn’t.<\/p>\n
The problem is that the pump is leaking for some reason.\u00a0 The fluid level was very low, so I put in almost a pint of fluid.\u00a0 The next day there was a giant puddle of something under the front of the car.\u00a0 You guessed it, nearly a pint of power steering fluid.<\/p>\n
Part of the problem seems to be that the engine has a mix of 68 (short water pump) and 69 (long water pump) accessories and brackets.\u00a0 For the pump, it looks like it’s a 68 bracket with some spacers and washers added to make the pulleys line up.\u00a0 That’s not a great plan.<\/p>\n
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The pump is leaking from the mounting hole on the back of the reservoir. (Next to the ‘notice’ sticker.) \u00a0 I’m not sure, but it looks like there’s a boss inside the reservoir, and an o-ring between it and the sheetmetal of the reservoir.\u00a0 Fill it up above that, and it leaks out there.\u00a0 Not a great design.<\/p>\n
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The trick now is to figure out the combination of pump and brackets that will work.<\/p>\n
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