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The powersteering pump was making horrible noises, so I decided to replace it, the lines, and add a filter.
I also decided to put a larger pulley on for less power assist.
1. The old nasty power steering pump in place. |
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2. The pulley, which must come off. |
3. This black loop of metal tubing serves as the power steering cooler. |
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4. You can see how dirty this area is. Those lines go into the rack. |
5. Pump from below. It has obviously been leaking. |
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6. Draining the pump by hand. |
7. Goodbye nasty old fluid. |
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8. Pulley removal tool on the pulley. |
9. Whole pulley removal/installation kit plus some extra tools of mine. |
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10. Old pump minus the pulley. |
11. Three ford power steering pulleys. Left to right are V8 Mustang, V6 Mustang, 4cyl Mustang. |
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12. Stacked. The smaller the pulley, the faster the pump goes. The faster the pump, the more the boost in assist. |
13. Stacked again. Ford is known for its overboosted power steering systems, so I wanted the largest pulley I could get. |
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14. Old pump next to the new pump. |
15. New pump in place with the large pulley and new belt. |
I am generally happy with the ammount of steering assist I get now, but sometimes it still seems like too much. The pulley is still a little loud, but much better than it was. It's not bad enough to make me want to go through the messy business of replacing the pump again.
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