power steering removal
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pretty heavy
But the most important reason in my mind is the room. I like power steering, and would of keeped it if it didn't take up the whole side of the engine bay. With the power steering gone, you can remove the WHOLE bracket, and this gives you easy access to a lot more of your engine. I can change plugs in about 5 minutes now. Plus it makes your engine look really really small. This makes the looks on "v8" owners face priceless after you kick there ***!!
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Power Steering removal
I changed out the power steering on the wife's 7 with a manual rack that I got on eBay for less than $80.00 shipped. We need the A/C here in Phoenix, so I found a compressor mount from a manual rack 7 and replaced the big ugly P/S pump bracket.
Total time - Less than three hours including cleaning and painting the new rack. The wife likes it just fine and I didn't have to worry about rebuilding the power rack because of the fluid gushing out of the left dust boot. That takes a special tool kit (that I also found on eBay) and about $140.00 in parts from Mazda to repair. Mazda wanted $1200 for a new rack. Autozone wanted about $500 for a rebuilt. I truly believe that manual is the way to go.
Total time - Less than three hours including cleaning and painting the new rack. The wife likes it just fine and I didn't have to worry about rebuilding the power rack because of the fluid gushing out of the left dust boot. That takes a special tool kit (that I also found on eBay) and about $140.00 in parts from Mazda to repair. Mazda wanted $1200 for a new rack. Autozone wanted about $500 for a rebuilt. I truly believe that manual is the way to go.
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Originally posted by j200pruf
Hey Marcus do you still have the stock diameter steering wheel, cuz I am wondering if it would be a lot tougher once I switch to a 300mm/330mm steering wheel.
Hey Marcus do you still have the stock diameter steering wheel, cuz I am wondering if it would be a lot tougher once I switch to a 300mm/330mm steering wheel.
#38
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The loop..you referring to the cooler line? The feed and return bolts are the same size, the cooler line threads are much bigger. Remove the cooler line.
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The computer is by the steering column under the dash I believe, gold box. There is also one on the drivers kick panel near the fuse box, thats for the alarm (read: leave it alone).
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Well I am happy to post that I now have no power steering. I tried driving the car without the belt attatched and did not notice very much difficulty in comparison to an FB that i had driven without PS so I decided to do it. I love the extra space it just gave me and now I don't hear that old pully whining when i turn on the car.
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Originally posted by 1987RX7guy
Ok so they are 12mm with a 1.25 pitch right? I would still like an answer on the loop bolt.
Ok so they are 12mm with a 1.25 pitch right? I would still like an answer on the loop bolt.