power steering pump question...
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Melting Slicks
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From: New Paltz, New York USA
power steering pump question...
Is there supposed to be some kind of gasket between the bottom of the cap and the housing where the cap attaches? I have a power steering leak and I think its coming from the cap, when I checked the cap there is no kind of gasket/seal inside the bottom of the cap. Thanks for any help.
Pro
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From: FL
My guess is 'no', the cap is spring loaded and I don't ever remember seeing a gasket on mine. I changed my P/S pump out last week. It was leaking from the pulley shaft. It's not a hard job if you have the correct tools. My pump had been changed to a later model pump with the pressed on pulley so I bought a puller from Harbor Freight $20. The original 70' pump has a nut retaining the pulley - lucky me. The pulley came off the old and onto the new without any problems, but you must have the puller.
I would be interested to know if there is supposed to be a gasket under the filler cap too.
I would be interested to know if there is supposed to be a gasket under the filler cap too.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 1999
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From: New Paltz, New York USA
I stopped by one of the corvette repair shops and they showed me a cap from an 80, mine is an 81. There IS a rubber piece under the cap that makes the seal between the underside of the cap and the housing.
I cut a piece of rubber I had here and now I have a seal.
I cut a piece of rubber I had here and now I have a seal.
