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Vegas69 07-23-2008 11:37 PM

Well the good news is the stance is getting close and I finally got my crows foot for the oil lines. The bad news is I don't have steering again. I fired her up today and tweeked the idle. Man she sounds nice:D Look under the car after about 5 minutes and power steering fluid everywhere. I am pretty sure the steering shaft seal blew out of the rack!! Brand new. So looks like I'll be pulling the rack out...otherwise I would have been driving it tonight.:(
If I had it to do over again, it would have an internal pump. It turned out nice and it was to save a few pennies. The exhaust is not done yet. As soon as I get this rack problem fixed it's heading down his way.

GPI 07-23-2008 11:40 PM

Ahh, I hoped only good news! Did you find a wrench for the coilovers?

Vegas69 07-24-2008 07:20 AM

Tyler at ATS came to the rescue again. He was nice enough to let me borrow his spanner wrench. Had to raise them 6 more turns. Plenty of clearance now. May end up lowering it a touch. Now I have to pull the rack out.

Efi69Cam 07-24-2008 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Vegas69 (Post 158325)
Tyler at ATS came to the rescue again. He was nice enough to let me borrow his spanner wrench. Had to raise them 6 more turns. Plenty of clearance now. May end up lowering it a touch. Now I have to pull the rack out.



Maybe I won't be loctiting the rack bolts like DSE says:_paranoid

Vegas69 07-24-2008 09:15 AM

Turns out it's my fault sort of. The rack comes with a red and yellow plug. You guessed it....I assumed the red was pressure. Wrong! I almost called DSE and completley forgot. There are som many little things with these cars. Probably going to need a new rack and pinion. They aren't that expensive so no biggie. Just a little delay.:rolleyes:

Efi69Cam 07-24-2008 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Vegas69 (Post 158345)
Turns out it's my fault sort of. The rack comes with a red and yellow plug. You guessed it....I assumed the red was pressure. Wrong! I almost called DSE and completley forgot. There are som many little things with these cars. Probably going to need a new rack and pinion. They aren't that expensive so no biggie. Just a little delay.:rolleyes:


Thanks for posting this.

:thumbsup:

Vegas69 07-24-2008 03:57 PM

Napa's reman looked like it had been drug behind the truck a few miles and painted by a blind man. Going to pull mine. Probably just the seal popped out under pressure.

waynieZ 07-24-2008 04:31 PM

Sorry to hear about the Rack problem . Their are so many thing to keep in mind when your assembling these car it makes you head spin. I hope its a quick fix for you. Keep us updated
Wayne

Spiffav8 07-29-2008 08:41 PM

Todd...did you get that sucker moving down the road yet?

awr68 07-29-2008 11:22 PM

Keep at it brother....you're almost there!!! :woot:


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