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

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

...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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