Basic question here on a 1970 Big Block Eliminator. I bought the car new back in 1970 (as a demonstrator model that had been raced) with manual steering. I have the same car now being restored and I have added back the power steering that it originally came with. I am at the stage now of installing the pressure line and the return line from the control module. Which port is the return line, front or rear port, with respect to the front or rear of the car?
Pressure line goes to the rear threaded connection. Return line goes to the metal tube into the bottom of the reservoir. I have enjoyed watching your progress on a very cool Cougar!
I think he is asking about on the control valve not the pump.
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In that case, tubes from both the pressure and return lines clamp to the rear side of control valve body, but the pressure side tube jogs back forward and connects to the front threaded port on the control valve.
Finally got the Blue Dot Hoses installed. They seem way stranger. Can you guys take a look at my routing and let me know if I screwed anything up?
That lower shorty from control valve to power cylinder doesn’t look right. 3A717 is longer and goes to top cylinder port, 3A714 is shorter and goes to bottom. Also, the hose crimp is marked CYL showing which side goes to the power cylinder.
I am struggling with the same thing right now on mine. I had them on perfectly before, but…
You were exactly right. one of the shorty lines was kinked. I was able to fix it by loosening both flare ends and gently twisting it, and it went right into “place”… Last question on this topic. Everything looks and works great now except when I turn the wheel all the way to the right, only the right and it hits the wheel stops, the belt (I think) screeches. Is that a loose belt? Too tight? If I can solve that, I can hopefully be done with this steering for a while!
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Mine kills the engine while I’m turning hard right at SLOW speed.
Sounds like the belt is too loose. There should be only a hissing sound when the valve goes into bypass when the steering reaches its stops.
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That sounds like the idle speed is too slow.
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Working on it. It STILL moans. Not as bad. Just putting miles on him. As much as I can.
Moaning is usually caused by either the wrong fluid or maybe someone rebuilt a pump that was at the end of it’s life.
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A pump that has been run without fluid can be damaged, and that is another cause of the moaning sound.
Probably a new 1 is in his future. Add it to the punch list. And he also stalled with idle a little higher the 800 RPM.