You 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.
I have been running mine pretty full of moly grease for 10 years now.
Seems to be OK. I pulled the top cover off when I filled it the first
time; first to get all the oil out, and secondly to be sure it was
full. Check it every year or so and 'top up'.
John Alpine IV (ish)
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