Steering Rack - Attack!!!!

[Jim Calore <jcalore@yahoo.com>]

Gang -

Have this little problem with my '89 200TQ.

Started using mass quantities of hydraulic fluid,
well enough to set off the idiot light after
about 5 days of driving after topping off the
reservior.

It's had 3 hydraulic pumps, 2 bombs, fluid flush
and whatever else over the 118K life of it.

Took it into the dealer... the say it looks like
the steering rack is leaking a lot through the
O-rings. Price for a rebuilt rack $780 and $480
to install plus fluid, taxes... Aieeeeeeee!!!!!!

Is there anything else I can do/check before
going this route. The dealer said if I don't mind
topping it off, I can keep driving it as is...
but once a week or more doesn't seem like a
practical way to go. I don't have the time to do
a major project like this myself, so it's got to
be done by a pro.

I saw someone post a good price on a rack for an
older Q, anything available for an '89 200TQ? I
have a shop that could do the install with my
parts, or the dealer might too.

TIA

- Jim

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