My Duster Adventures
I kept getting power steering pump whine today and every time I checked it it was low. Got it up on jack stands tonight and had Marge turn the wheels and discovered that I did EXACTLY what I’d read not to do… over tightened the o-ring to AN fittings that go in the rack :BangHead: the fittings I got from speedway have these janky little Teflon washers on the which, if over tightened, push out and cause a leak!! :BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
So tomorrow morning, I’m going to go to the local Napa (they open at 6:30) and see if they have some actual o-rings that fit these fittings, like this…
If they don’t have them, there’s a hydraulic shop literally just down the road from me so I’ll check there. They open at 7.
Worked on the Duster for several hours again this evening. I had put the center console in last night but it had more wiggle play to it than I liked, so I take it out and triangulated the rear brackets and that stiffened it right up. I also installed a bunch of sound deadener, installed the passenger seat, then wired (temporarily, but it’s wired) the seat belt solenoids in the seats, so they allow the seatbelt to function.
it’s SO nice having a center console with cup holders!
I kept getting power steering pump whine today and every time I checked it it was low. Got it up on jack stands tonight and had Marge turn the wheels and discovered that I did EXACTLY what I’d read not to do… over tightened the o-ring to AN fittings that go in the rack :BangHead: the fittings I got from speedway have these janky little Teflon washers on the which, if over tightened, push out and cause a leak!! :BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
So tomorrow morning, I’m going to go to the local Napa (they open at 6:30) and see if they have some actual o-rings that fit these fittings, like this…
If they don’t have them, there’s a hydraulic shop literally just down the road from me so I’ll check there. They open at 7.
Worked on the Duster for several hours again this evening. I had put the center console in last night but it had more wiggle play to it than I liked, so I take it out and triangulated the rear brackets and that stiffened it right up. I also installed a bunch of sound deadener, installed the passenger seat, then wired (temporarily, but it’s wired) the seat belt solenoids in the seats, so they allow the seatbelt to function.
it’s SO nice having a center console with cup holders!
