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

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: 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! 

fords -were- manual boxes!  fastest available, 16:1.  all the control
valves were in the ram; they didn't have integral ps back then.

btw afaik ford's manual boxes were saginaws...

ken was referring to the effort needed to overcome a dead saginaw
integral ps box.

my '68 rambler has a 16:1 box on it, and retains the stock wheel.  it
was a bear to steer at parking speeds but i could one-hand it at
anything above about 25mph, and it was a joy to be able to turn  even
tight corners without moving my hands on the wheel.

" 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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