Progress Thread 1991 Foxbody K Member Swap

Soo here’s another update I got the car on the ground and as soon as I started pulling it out of my garage the steering wheel was binding really bad. So after a long diagnosis the pump wasn’t feeding the rack fluid so in theory the pump took a crap and the rack was leaking to so I just trashed it and picked up a brand new rack and pump for a total of 150 bucks at my local auto parts store. As well as new feed and return lines. And as of this moment I have the new rack in and I installed the UPR extreme Bumper steer kit and rolled it out and today I will be finishing up the rest on top of that UPRs offset rack bushings have been the biggest pain in my ass ... so I tried to switch to regular bushings but they dont even fit since the k members position is higher then the factory one.. so I have the bushings at the 12o’clock position since it won’t fit on the 6 position.. so hopefully this whole new steering system works .. Here are some pictures enjoy . PS - Taking off the power steering pump is a pain in the ass ...

Even painted the housing for the pump with vinyl and carpet paint since it’s all I had close to me, I think it turned out pretty good

a91what said:

Use type F fluid in the pump, it's what was meant to go in there from the factory.

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Yeah I used the Mopar Type F fluid that VW sells since that’s where I work but it is pretty loud I need to get some of that Lucas stuff

stanglx2002 said:

Add just a little of the lucus power steering fluid and it will keep that motor quiet too. I just redid the steering in my black mustang a couple months ago.

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I’ll go buy some tommrow cause my new one is pretty loud but it’s so nice knowing I have one less thing leaking the only thing left to fix is the rear main leak

StratTone said:

Glad you guys figured that out. I had a nightmare of a time getting one to be quiet in a Ranger I have and ended up buying a used Ford one off ebay because nothing I did including trying different fluid made that reman quieter.

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Ford sells a reman power steering pump for like 80 bucks or something

Here’s how the new rack sits and also install the extreme bump steer kit from UPR here’s also a little undershot of my car right now

Also did an alignment on my car after the rack install and the bumpsteer kit install & a little side shot for you guys of how she sits. Sooner or later I will be building a rear end soon and getting matching rear wheels

02 281 GT said:

I can vouch for Type-F. O'Reilly still sells a house brand of Type-F. The original pump in my Mercury is very quiet.

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Yeah it’s the way to go way better then the power steering fluid that auto parts store sell

Mustang5L5 said:

Nice car

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thanks man appericate it . shes come along way deff way better from the first day i picked her up