Hey folks,
A few days ago as I was getting back from a drive around town in my 66 coupe, I noticed a humming sound coming from the front of the car, and my steering tightened up a bit. I thought I was just low on power steering fluid, so when I got home I checked all my fluids and sure enough- there was no power steering fluid left. I re-filled and came back 5 minutes later to find all the power steering fluid that i had poured in on the cement under my car, along with a small, rubber, dough-nut shaped thing. It has a ripe in the side of it, so that's why it fell off I presume.
My best guess would be that it's a gasket from my hydraulic power steering system that jumped off because of the pressure, but since I'm no car person, I've come here to be sure I'm right. I'm wondering where I can get a replacement part and how much it'll cost me.
Here are the pictures:
http://img8.imageshack.us/i/img20100905225924.jpg
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Thanks!
A few days ago as I was getting back from a drive around town in my 66 coupe, I noticed a humming sound coming from the front of the car, and my steering tightened up a bit. I thought I was just low on power steering fluid, so when I got home I checked all my fluids and sure enough- there was no power steering fluid left. I re-filled and came back 5 minutes later to find all the power steering fluid that i had poured in on the cement under my car, along with a small, rubber, dough-nut shaped thing. It has a ripe in the side of it, so that's why it fell off I presume.
My best guess would be that it's a gasket from my hydraulic power steering system that jumped off because of the pressure, but since I'm no car person, I've come here to be sure I'm right. I'm wondering where I can get a replacement part and how much it'll cost me.
Here are the pictures:
http://img8.imageshack.us/i/img20100905225924.jpg
Imageshack - img20100905225624.jpg
Thanks!