Re: [MV] Looking for good description of old style 5 ton power steering system.

From: kuhrick (kuhrick@comcast.net)
Date: Tue May 25 2004 - 05:22:28 PDT


to look at pump
install a t with a gage and a valve
slowly close valv and watch gage
dont totle blank close it you mite bust some thing and you mite end up
with a hand gernad

ken safemale
m886
kb9yku
At 01:03 AM 5/25/2004, J wrote:
>Working on an old (1953) M51 dump truck. Power steering doesn't. You can
>turn the wheel if you had a full bowl of Wheaties and swear loud enough,
>and with authority. There is lots of fluid in the reservoir. There is
>fluid at various fittings I cracked open. No pressure, though. Could be a
>bad pump, or a clog in the intake, maybe? Any typical problems with these?
>The vehicle sat for probably the last 20 years. What about bugs growing in
>the hydraulic oil and clogging something? Thanks. Jim
>
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