Date:         Wed, 6 Jan 1999 13:45:49 -0800
Reply-To:     "Pollard, Matthew" <Matthew.Pollard@OREADCA.COM>
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From:         "Pollard, Matthew" <Matthew.Pollard@OREADCA.COM>
Subject:      Re: rebuilding power steering pump
Comments: To: "Douglas_M_BENSEN@umail.umd.edu" <Douglas_M_BENSEN@umail.umd.edu>
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I bet any power steering pump with the same bolt configuration should work,
right?  After all, isn't it just a hydraulic pump?

Any takers on this one?
-MP
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas_M_BENSEN@umail.umd.edu [SMTP:Douglas_M_BENSEN@umail.umd.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 1:32 PM
> To:   Pollard, Matthew
> Subject:      Re: rebuilding power steering pump
>
> I bought mine at Pep Boys and paid aroung $175.00 for it.  It was the best
> price I could find at the time.
> I'm sure everything is rebuildable, but getting the parts is the tricky
> part.  This is also the same pump that is used on some Audi cars, I think.
> AT least it looks the same as my wife's Audi 90's
> Hope this helps.
>
> Good luck,
> Doug
> '86 GL Westy
> Maryland
>
> >What is the feasibility of rebuilding your powersteering pump? Or is this
> a
> >"plug and play" thing?
> >While driving home from Joshua Tree (near Palm Springs) to Santa Clara
> CA, I
> >stopped at a gas station in BFE and saw smoke coming out of the side
> vents
> >of my rig. Uh-oh. Grabbed the fire extinguiser... and.... it was just
> power
> >steering fluid dripping from the power steering pump halves onto the
> >exhaust!
> >
> >thanks for the help
> >-matthew
> >84 wolfsy
> >PS: joshua tree was great. shorts and t-shirt climbing!  new years on the
> >top of Intersection rock with 2 kegs!