Ok, Need Some Help. Doing PS Pump Soon.

[SHO_ROLLER_2]

Can somebody explain exactley what I have to do. I'm getting a used PS pump because mine is leaking 1/2 a QT every 150 miles

So, do I have to remove the whole intake? If so, I'll probably end up doing the upper 60K too (needs valve adjustment).

Any info would be very helpful!

Thanks!!!!:wave:
Tony

 

[1993BlackSHO]

Just finished doing mine. Pain in the ass. You will spend most of your time working through the passenger wheel well. There is one bolt on the back of the pump that is a pita to get to. I pulled the intake but some others on here did not pull it. I think it gave me more room and visibility.

Once it is loose you can work it down and pull off the lines once you have it in view. It is tight but it is doable.

 

[SHO_ROLLER_2]

Just finished doing mine. Pain in the ass. You will spend most of your time working through the passenger wheel well. There is one bolt on the back of the pump that is a pita to get to. I pulled the intake but some others on here did not pull it. I think it gave me more room and visibility.

Once it is loose you can work it down and pull off the lines once you have it in view. It is tight but it is doable.

How long were you at it??

 

[operdot]

How long were you at it??

Did mine a couple weeks ago. To get that the rear bolt I tought about pulling the intake, however after inspection I realized it would not give me anymore clearance I was also dropping the oilpan because of a slight oil creep. So I ended up pulling the y-pipe, pass. side halfshaft, intermedaite shaft, motormount and the rear engine brackets(yes its plural because of the 3.2 conversion). It was a pretty easy job, ps pump took 7 hours to complete from begining to end.

P.S. I would not recomend doing this job without a pair of hose clamp pliers.

 

[SHO_ROLLER_2]

Did mine a couple weeks ago. To get that the rear bolt I tought about pulling the intake, however after inspection I realized it would not give me anymore clearance I was also dropping the oilpan because of a slight oil creep. So I ended up pulling the y-pipe, pass. side halfshaft, intermedaite shaft, motormount and the rear engine brackets(yes its plural because of the 3.2 conversion). It was a pretty easy job, ps pump took 7 hours to complete from begining to end.

P.S. I would not recomend doing this job without a pair of hose clamp pliers.

Yikes, I might just pay for somebody to do this one.

 

[operdot]

Yikes, I might just pay for somebody to do this one.

IMHO the full 60k is a much harder job than a power steering pump.

 

[SHO_ROLLER_2]

I just talked to a few techs here and the book calls for 2.6 hours. I only pay $30 an hour labor so I might go that way.

I just finished the front 60K and I've done valve cover gaskets before too. Damn, I don't know which way I should go...........

 

[NEp8ntballer]

start off by draining the reservior

1. leave intake on
2. jack up front passenger wheel and support with jack stand
3. remove wheel
4. unkook connections between firewall and motor that block visibility of the PS pump. I also unhooked the plug in for the computer but it probably wasn't necessary
5. loosen PS pump pulley bolt
6. loosen belt that drives PS pump
7. remove bolt, washer and pulley
8. remove pressure hose
9. loosen three bolts in front and one bolt in back and then remove all bolts once they all have been broken loose. I was able to get a combo wrench on the rear bolt and got it off that way. once you get enough visibility on the pump you should be able to get a hand back there and be able to feel for where the bolt is. after you locate it all you have to do is get a wrench on it and break it loose. you won't be able to feel for where it is when wearing gloves unless you are using latex.
10. remove reservior to PS pump hose
11. remove old pump. I'm pretty sure you are going to have to remove it from the bottom because for me there wasn't enough room to pull it out from the top.
12. install new plastic washer on pressure hose and add some PS fluid/ATF to the pressure hose washer before installing it back in the pump.
13. on mine I had to reuse the the part that the feed hose connects to from the old pump and if you need to transfer that part over to the new pump you should do that while the new pump is still out of the vehicle.
14. install in reverse order.

 

[1993BlackSHO]

How long were you at it??

Took me about 6 hrs. Probably could do it in half the time if I did it again now that I know how to do it.

 

[sdpatt]

My joys with this job are here.

 

[TYSHO]

All you have to do is know where the stuff is that you need to remove. If you have done a front end job, it's easy. I didn't remove anything but the belt and pulley, then unbolted the line followed by the pump. It took me a whole 30 minutes to remove. The hardest part was getting the rear line back in. The most useful tool was a super long 18mm wrench to reach around the back and break the line loose.

 

[itwonder]

You don't need to remove the intake. You don't have to work through the wheel well either. I had posted the procedure that made the job tolerable for me here:
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=82805&highlight=power+steering

Really not so bad at all.

 

[SHO_ROLLER_2]

Thanks for all the useful info guys. I'm going to resaerch it all andd decide from there. If I can do it myself, I'm all for it.

Thanks again!

 

[rubydist]

If you can get somebody to do that for $30 x 2.6 hrs, then by all means give him the $75 and go play golf while he spends nearly all day screwing with it. Changing that is no fun at all, imho.

 

[LJRuddy]

I'd STRONGLY recommend using an 18mm crows foot wrench to remove the high pressure line coming from the P/S pump.

I was able to swap my pump in about 3 hours.