I fixed my power steering pump but not my car :(
When in the final steps of rebuilding my pump i had to pick my wife up from work and i rushed the job. Well i put the Flow control valve backwards. The backwards valve did not let power steering fluid flow through the system.
I was looking over my notes and i think i forgot to install a snap ring. The pump has two, a big one and a small one. I forgot to install the small one. I am going to have to look for a snap ring because i threw the old ones away. Chris i hope i do get this car fixed.
I just put my power steering pump and my alternator back on my car. This did not fix the problem, even worse i think i did not rebuild the power steering pump properly because my steering wheel is hard and it feels like it does not have any power steering fluid. I already drove it for a while...
I just got my alternator back. I got lucky, it was not in bad shape at all. The rebuilder told me that all he needed to do was to clean it becasue the power steering fluid was not letting the alternator charge up. This is great because all i paid for was the cleaning. I am just waiting for the...
Lextreme, do you want me to document the car repair process or the power steering pump repair process? The power steering pump repair process has been documented at http://www.planetsoarer.com/Power%20steering%20pump.htm
I just finished removing the power steering pump, wow what a mission. It toke me loger to remove then the alternator. It is late here in virginia, i am going to inspect the pump tomorow. Zuffen thanks for the info and i hope it does bring back my acceleration.
My 93 sc400 is stock. I have not added anything. My low acceleration is all the time. But i can notice the lights inside and outside dimming at night. I think the power steering pump leaking on the alternator probably caused it to go bad. I am trying to remove the power steering pump for inspection.