[V8] Catastrophic pump failure

[toml99 at todomundo.com]

Well, we all know that we are living on borrowed time with these cars  
until come kind of "event" happens.  I was really enjoying the "leak  
free" nature of the 5-speed, until today.  I only ran a few errands,  
and probably only drove 10 miles or so, when I smelled the smell of  
burning Pentosin.   I've been watching an almost unnoticeable drip  
from what I thought was one of the x-caps, but I lost the entire  
volume of the reservoir today, and it looks like it's coming out of  
the shaft.  IT"S EVERYWHERE!  All the hoses are new.  With all the  
energy that went into building this car, and how disasterous the  
Hydraulic system is, maybe they could have figured out how to rig it  
into the Autocheck thing.  I'd much rather known that the dam had  
burst, rather than some bulb somewhere needs attention.  Good thing  
is I didn't fry it (still a little in there, as the steering was  
still working), and I recently got the rebuild kit in a "gift box"  
inside the large crate I just received(more on that later)....I will  
remove it tomorrow, and let you know how that goes.  Thanks whoever  
it was that posted that section from the Bentley on pump  
rebuilding....It will be a big help....Sincerely Tom