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Date:         Wed, 12 Mar 1997 09:18:04 -0400 (AST)
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From:         smitht@unb.ca (Tim Smith)
Subject:      Re: P/S into air cooled Van?

With my return line leaking but in place the PS rack was pushing fluid back and forth with the wheel turning. Very high turning effort required on the wheel, hellishly high. Since I cut out that section and dumped all the fluid the rack action has freed up. Not a condition I am intending to keep up mind you, but the steering effort even on a Syncro is low enough that I now wish I had gone straight to a non-PS rack rather than pay double for a rebuild. Malcolm Holser has a non-PS Syncro Kombi, with bearable steering effort he says. I can't see the need for PS on a vanagon, given properly inflated 6ply tires up front, even when parking. My wife drives the crewcab with complaint. Keep it simple? Tim


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