I went to put in some power steering fluid today and though it was fine. I went to the back of the car and looked under and noticed a puddle of liquid in the front of the car. I went back to look at the engine and the little tank for the powersteering fluid..in the front had a hole. Is there a plug that goes there? All the fluid was running out of this hole. I think it was the whole toi drain it, I am not sure though. Can anybody help?

 

I really don't know if there is a plug for it, mine is manual. However, for a quick fix you might be able to drain the tank and smother the hole with some Seal-all. That stuff will fix damn near anything...

 

power steering........man i wish i had that.

 

There are no drain holes in the PS tank.

 

well i looked at it earlier, it looks like there is a hole in the actuall bracket itself. that is where the fluid is leaking out. it looks like a plug screws in or something but something screws in there.

 

There are 2 bolts that hold the tank to the pump, along with an elbow. I'll dig around tonight and look. I think I still have one off of a car I can take pics of.

Almost sounds like a mounting bolt fell out.

 

I think that is what it was.

 

you should just get rid of it and gain a few extra hp

 

I can't for the life of me find my extra ps pump unit. If you look in the 85 FSM Sec 10B-9, you will find an exploded view of the unit. My best guess is that the bolt # 1 has fallen out. Chances are both of them are loose and the o-ring that is between item 1 and 7 is leaking. There is another o-ring at the other end of that elbow that may be leaking too.

Sorry, that's the best I can do.

 

power steering isnt necessary, i had it but it leaked and ps fluid eats off the undercoating. if u cant fix it just take it off and free some Hp up and u will gain some extra muscle haha

 

I added ps to mine. Something about the 225/50/15 front tires that have a nearly 8" wide footprint. Don't need to worry about the undercoat anymore, it was stripped off and recoated with truckbed liner.

I found that the dowel pin leak in an earlier motor softened the undercoat, making one side easy to remove. Too bad it didn't leak on both sides.

 

well mom is getting an fb, so i want to fix it and give it to her.

 

Go Mom.

 

that will make 4 fb's with in a 5 street range. lol 3 different owners.