Re: [AMC-list] made the round trip one more time

[markprice242 <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My brother and I stripped the P/S rams off of three or for Fords way back when and put manual linkage and pitman arms on them. Talk about a bear to steer! I think they are right around 16:1 with a P/S box. Most had little custom after market steering wheels too! It was good exercise and we did not have money to buy the rams and the junkyard people were friends and let us have the manual pieces for $10 a setup! Mark "wrambler" ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Ames" <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 9:58:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] made the round trip one more time
> ....and it is possible to drive a power-steering car with the PS not
> working.
> Just take the belt off, drain what fluid you can, and off you go. It
> will be
> harder than even manual steering to turn the wheel but it can be done.
> Ken
> Quoting tnmorrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> > Even though the oil pressure's a little on the low side, and the
> > Motorcraft carb replacement is still not dialed in right, I chanced
> > the
> > trip from Maine to Michigan for the Livonia show(this year honoring
> > the
> > last'88 Eagle wagon) in my white'82 Eagle SX/4. I kept adding Lucas
> > oil
> > stabilizer to the 15W40 deisel oil I had in it, and the oil prssure
> > light
> > kept coming on less often(at idle), so must have worked. Only
> > problem was
> > a power steering line blown just after the show, which took a couple
> > days
> > to get a replacement, but was visiting family the week so not a
> > problem.
> > Got better milage coming home than going(34gallons going, 31 coming
> > back;
> > 826mi one way), and lots of looky-looks, thumbs up, and toots on the
> > way
> > back, and not all of them from me wandering over the center
> > line...Still
> > has blow-by, but doesn't knock, and the lifters aren't rattling with
> > the
> > heavier oil, so maybe not quite ready for an overhaul just yet. That
> > will
> > allow the replacement reclining seats to be reupholtered and
> > installed
> > next year. It's a 14-15 hour trip one way, and I don't stop, except
> > for
> > gas and bathroom break, BTW, and I tend to go JUST over the
> > limit(usually..).
> >
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