Car: September 2007 Archives

   Well, I went out to my car to work on it some more after it still leaked yesterday. Guess what I found out? Apparently, I didn't completely screw in one of the hoses. Strange, eh. I could have swore I didn't forget that one.
   I'm glad that it was on the 'return' hose and not on the high-pressure one that I forgot to tighten all the way down. That could have been a lot nastier than a little bit of fluid leaking out. A whole lot nastier.
   I tested it out by turning the wheel far to the right and left. I made sure to pay real close attention to the power steering stuff to see any fluid leaking out anywhere. I didn't see anything. So, I think that problem is out of the way.
   Once I get some good savings saved up, I intend to take my car by Ford to see what can be done about my engine knock. Perhaps they have this industrial strength cleaner that gets rid of any crud in the engine. I have heard of it.

   I'm currently in the middle of finally getting the high pressure hose for the power steering replaced. I would have gotten it done sooner but I shared my time with mowing the lawn. Plus, my lack of progress initialy angered me greatly which in turn made any progress slower in coming.
   Nevertheless, things are moving along greatly now. I have determined that one of the hoses blocking my way can be removed as it is the other hose (low pressure?) coming from the power steering pump. After I remove that hose things should moving along quite nicely. I hope, at least.
   Fixing the engine-knock, fixing that squeek, and fixing that horrible grinding noise should be the only major problems left after this.

   Apparently, the leak in my power steering in my Stang is in one of the hoses. I'm glad that I won't have to replace the entire pump. That would have sucked.
   I plan on just using some JB Weld in order to seal it until I can get around to replacing the entire hose.