Date:         Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:21:15 -0400
Reply-To:     John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Meeks <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Rusted Power Steering lines
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Hi Group...

I've been driving without power steering for the last half of this
winter waiting for spring to find and fix the leak. This past weekend
we had two 50+ degree days so I cut the old lines out.

What I found was a rust hole at the rearmost rubber clip that holds
both lines to the frame of the van. The clip was holding splinters of
metal from the pipe. These clips should probably be inspected and the
metal treated on any van driving in winter road salt. This was the
only point of failure in the whole run of pipe.

I installed Frank Condelli's ready made hydraulic hose with no issues.
That's a really nice solution if you want to replace the whole run.

--
John Meeks
'91 Multivan, '85 GL bits
Northern Michigan
KC8ZFN
Vanagon Rescue Squad
http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm