Re: Steering Rack - Attack!!!!

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

Jorgen Automotive   (800)333-0600



At 02:17 PM 6/15/99 -0700, Jim Calore wrote:
>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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