Power Steering Rebuild - notes and vents

Super T,

Gear-box cost was just the rebuild kit ~$30, plus paint. I first got a kit for the larger Pitmann shaft gear-box, only ~$18 (full kit w/ bearings). A mistake buy, but can use on my Newport someday.

As cudamark says, most people buy a rebuilt gear-box. A no-name brand, like via auto parts is ~$100 plus shipping for both it and your core (not cheap). Premium rebuilds run >$200. You still must paint both unless happy with the cheap, flaky black paint the cheap rebuilders spray. My main motivation was to do it right for once, having failed long ago on my 69 Dart's gear-box.

The power steering pump is fairly easy to rebuild, assuming you have a pulley puller. I recall the kit was ~$10 (TRW pump). Since I switched to an aluminum water pump, costs went up - $45 for rebuilt pump (no core req.) and $75 for brackets.