Subject: [s-cars] Re: Weeping power steering cap question-pump rebuilder

[Mike Platt]

Here's the guy on the East Coast who rebuilt my pump
in NJ about a year ago. Great guy and he had it turned
around for me in a day. He was out of stock, of
rebuilt pumps, at the time because he had sent them
out to some parts suppliers. He had the parts in house
and rebuilt mine the same day he got it. Sounds like
he is the source for other places selling rebuilt
units. I paid something like $260.

http://www.griffiths.com/

Good Luck

Mike P
95.5 S6 avant..the family winter bomb, express ski
car.
75 911 Carrera Targa...storage
74 914 2.0....storage



My experience with replacing the seal was also not
good. Though I
remember from earlier posts, that some have had no
problem with
replacing the seal, others have ended up with a new
pump. Rebuilds are
available from some guy on the East Coast. Don't know
the name right
off, but he told my mechanic that he sells a lot of
post-seal
replacement units. The system operates under some
ungodly high pressure
-- reasons known only by Hans and Fritz.

Probably worth a shot, but in my case the pumped
spewed hydraulic oil
all over the engine compartment a very short while
after the fix and
car
was down a couple days waiting for the rebuild to
arrive via FedEx. So,
as they say, ya pays your money and takes ya chances.

Bill Noland

>The plug is threaded and comes out (and goes back in)
with a big damn
>screwdriver.  The seal is an o-ring, available from
the dealer (!) for
about
>a buck.
>
>I'm not sure the leaky o-ring isn't a harbinger of
things to come - I
had to
>replace the pump a short time after I fixed the plug.
  I hope your
luck is
>better.


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