2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission Vacum pump seal and steering gear box ?

[BarryG]

Getting ready to replace the vacum pump seal and while I am at it going to replace the steering gear box as well. Any tips, tricks, things to watch out for doing these two items.



Any idea on how much power steering fluid I should stock up on the refill and bleed?



Any and all advice welcome going to hit them this weekend.

 

[Moe]

I would pull the vac and steering pump as a unit. Very easy to replace the seal between the pumps. Good luck.

 

[Rich M-37]

I bought my kit from Geno's Garage. The Gould kit comed with 2 sets of seals. I used 2 quarts of power steering fluid, but that was for the power streering pump only, not the steering box.

Rich

 

[fkovalski]

... Any and all advice welcome going to hit them this weekend.

Depending on how bad the leak is, you may want to power wash the engine bay. When I did the fix on my 01, it had leaked a mess something awful!



Some Simple Green and a handful of quarters at the car wash made the job a bit easier (it is an easy job anyway. )









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[BarryG]

Well got it done today. It was a pita though. Even though I washed the area down good with simple green and the car wash which did help a lot there was still a fair amount of oily/dirt mess to deal with. Just not much room to work down in there. The seal kit was fairly easy. I also replaced my steering pump while doing the vacuum pump.

I also added the fleetguard enviroguard or whatever it is called. (there closed loop crankcase ventilation system). Had it sitting around for year or so. It would have been a real pita to get that in without having the vac pump out of the way.



I am getting ready to put in a new concrete driveway and and finally decided I had to deal with the dodge/cummins leaks. Thanks for the tips.

 

[SHobbs]

I usually have to do the seal between the two pumps twice. For some reason I mess up the first one, everytime.