tried to turn the wheel in the mornig on the 66, but it inly turned in one direction. It has not got much above freezing the past week or so. I put the halogen work light under the bus shing on the steering box, and after a while lo and behold, it turned! This is the same bus that had water and gook in the trans from sitting in the low part of a field that flooded last winter. a tiny light shone in my brain - water in the steering box hm..... now that the water is drained out and replaced with gear oil, it works a lot better. I think it will be standard operating procedure from now on to change the steering gear oil on a new bus, along with trans oil, check boots, and usually a complete brake rebuild. btw, the trans works great, feels tight and shift easy. The gear oil has been changed a second time. clara
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