Date for Dash and Door Panel change over was 4/16/62 Air Cleaners for 1963 had a small hose nipple on the bottom whereas the 61-62 did not. Hope this will work vs replacing the power steering pump. Power steering reservoir cover with and without air cond. I will give the procedure in your link a shot to run the engine, run the wipers and jack up the car so that the tires are off the ground to cycle the power steering box. This procedure does not allow enough time to move the steering wheel or run the wipers much since I did not want to burn out the starter motor. I am not sure how much fluid the entire system holds. I repeated this and refilled the reservoir a couple times to make sure the system was clear. I pulled the coil wire and turned the engine over a few times to run the pump. What I did to bleed the system was to disconnect the return line and placed it into a small bucket. 1955-1965 Ford Thunderbird Power Steering Reservoir Cover Gasket, For The Eaton Pump, 5-29/64 Diameter. Since the wiper motor is the high point in the system it could still have some air. Product Details Ford Thunderbird Eaton Power Steering Pump Reservoir Lid Seal - 5 29/64 O.D. I installed a rebuilt wiper motor and hooked it up to the power steering system. The car did not have the wipers hooked up when I bought it a couple years ago. I will give that a shot to see if I am still leaving air in the system. I also found a couple places on line that sells the Eaton or Cardone pump without sending in the core. I see that the Thunderbird stores- Macs, Larrys, Birdnest and Thunderbird HQ all have the pump for various prices with core exchange. From what I can tell I have an Eaton front mounted pump. If anyone has replaced the pump before does that seem like the correct steps? Is there anything I am missing? I dont know if the pulley will slip off or needs to be pryed off with a puller. I dont have the AC system running so I can take that off and the hoses without any mess. Looking at the setup, the easiest access would be to remove the air conditioner compressor, pull that off, reduce the tension on the power steering belt and then remove the 2 bolts on the support bracket and disconnect the inlet and outlet hoses. I guess my next step is to replace the power steering pump. There is a small drip of fluid under the car. I got rid of the growling in the pump but that may be temporary if I drive the car longer. Unfortunately all that did not remove all the aeration.
#1960 thunderbird power steering reservoir full
I made sure the system was full of new clean fluid and all the clamps were tight.
I replaced the fluid in the reservoir and pumped out the remaining in the lines to pull out any aerated fluid in the system. Sunsong has a global commitment and is equipped with internationally advanced production lines and technologies to serve their global customer base.I had the 3/4 " inlet hose to the power steering pump.
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