87 ae82

 

 

 

So..... PO installed weber 32/36 and took off pwr steering pump claiming they both didn't fit..

 

does this sound like something someone has ran into?

 

what's my next step? get new (junk yard) pump and install or get manual rack cause the power rack has been run for years w/o a pump?

 

thanks...

 

also posted in weber sticky......

PO just didn't try hard enough. Use the Hitachi plastic spacer under the adaptor plate to gain some height then take a ball-peen hammer and create a dent large enough to clear the choke on the Weber. You will have to HIT it pretty hard. And it takes quite a bit of a dent to get the choke to clear. I degrease them, peen the reservior, then paint the area to prevent rust. This in no way affects the operation of the power steering. It only reduces the reservior volume by a tablespoon or so.

 

The rack is likely fine if the lines aren't contaminated.

 

GD

Edited October 8, 200916 yr by GeneralDisorder

sweet....i will be all over looking for a used pump since he didn't have the old one.......i like hitting ************ with hammers....

 

 

 

thank you kind sir

Yeah - people have gone to great lengths to install Weber's on the EA82's and avoid that power steering reservoir..... till I came along and hit it with a hammer a few times. Straightens the whole deal right out. Just installed one a couple days ago - the woman took a liking to an '86 sedan and I can't abide the Hitachi for more more than the 20 miles it took to get the car home. Weber power FTW.

 

If it hasn't already been done, you will want to remove the ASV valves. Cut the tubes off about 1" from the mouting plate to the head. Flatten the remaining bit of tube and run a weld bead across it. Instant block off plate.

 

GD

i believe everything is blocked off..

 

 

only got a moment to look at it today but all seems working well........not a pretty job though.....nope nope nope