William Lewis wrote:
>
> I am now overdosed on overdrives. But I have another problem (imagine
> that). Last night, while crawling around under my car looking for the
> short in my brake lights (Lucas, of course), I noticed a lot of oil on my
> pitman arm. Generally, oil leaking from somewhere is a good sign. It
> means that I still have oil left. But I was curious last night so I
> pulled the plug out of the top of my steering box and looking inside I
> saw the shiny inside of the box. No oil to disturb the view.
>
> Two questions. First, I remember reading somewhere that you can inject
> grease into these boxes and forget about the oil leaks. Is this true?
> Second, the oil seal is a 0.25$ ring and I seriously doubt that it will
> prevent leakage for very long. Is there any point in replacing this O
> ring, and if I do, how difficult is it to replace the bushing in the box?
> Can this be done in the car? Or is it better to pull the whole thing out
> (this looks like at least a 2 six pack job).
>
> Bill "Oil up and ready to mark some more territory" Lewis
Dear william "BILL",
I just wish you hadn't mentioned that.(leak). Having just installed
fairly good rebuilt head, removed and re-built water pump, re-built
generator. getting ready for reinstallation , was cleaning up for new
engine bay paint ,I too noticed (leak) an area(the same general area) of
not to deep of concern , but if you fix yours, i'll know where to go to
for advice..
chuck series ll,~(8=;
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