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Hi is ATF ok to use as power steering fluid on a 62 Bird?
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Thanks Gary! Do you know if fitting the seal kits on the steering gear is a waste of time and getting a new recon is better?The power steering uses the same Type F fluid that's used in the transmission.
Yes very useful to knowThe noises you describe are consistent with low power steering fluid in the p.s. pump. When filling the pump the fluid level shouldn't do much more than cover the pick up or about an inch below the top of the unit. This allows for the expansion of the heated p.s. fluid and likely excess pressure that could cause the p.s. hose to fail at the couplings or damage the pump.
Hope that this is useful to the newbies.
Me too. I can hear my father's words on this, along with always using compression to slow the car down (save the brakes), always let car's thoroughly warm up before driving them, and never waste a drop of oil.
another old trend was, blipping the throttle before turning the key off...?Interesting; I wonder if he also said you should pump the gas pedal to prime the cylinders before hitting the starter?
A lot of this "Wisdom" came from driving cars of the 1930's and 40's. Even that is based on more primitive cars of the 1920's, but heavily advised in the days of the Great Depression and wartime gas rationing. Although these are still good habits (not so sure about the priming cylinders thing), they're a lot less meaningful today -- even on a 1960's car.