I have been installing a power steering on my 1966 Mustang 6 cly I got off ebay. When I finished and started the engine the steering wheel jumped back and forth rapidly out of control. I have found a fluid leak where the line connects to the cylinder. Could this cause it or is it in the control valve attached to the center link? Any ideas?
Donald Guthrie
It will probably just sit there when you start the engine, then take off like a rocket when you touch the steering wheel? The wheel will take off in the opposite direction of the way you tried to turn the steering wheel. (you start to turn the wheel to the left and it rips out of your hand and goes right until it slams the full right stop, then rockets back to the left until it hits the full left stop and shoots back to the right again and repeats this process until the engine is shut off.)
If this is the case, you have the hoses from the control valve to the power cylinder reversed.
The fluid leak may be caused by bad oil seals inside the assembly. Loss of pressure would mean that you will have difficulty in steering or sudden loss or increase in resistance on the wheel or uneven steering. Check as well the linkages and the tie rods to be sure.
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