Power Steering Hose

The power steering hose for my 91 GT needs replacing. I jacked up my
car crawled underneath with my wrenches only to find that I cannot
access the flare nuts at the rack and pinion. I have temporarily been
able to splice the hose with a new section but really want to fix it
properly. Unfortunately, my Chilton's manual does not explain what all
needs to happen to get to the hose fittings on the rack and pinion (it
just says becareful not to damage the fitting to the pump as you will
need to replace the whole hose -- it never tells how to change the
hose).

Can anyone tell me what I am in for to change the hose? Im guessing it
is going to be ugly but don't know just how ugly it's going to get.

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91 Red GT
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266K + Miles
Original engine
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Whe I replaced the hoses on my '89, I had to loosen the two big bolts
that hold the rack to the frams and slide it towrds the fornt of the
car. That gave enough room to loosen the two hoses.


On Fri, 25 May 2007 23:01:52 -0500, 91RedGT
> wrote:

>The power steering hose for my 91 GT needs replacing. I jacked up my
>car crawled underneath with my wrenches only to find that I cannot
>access the flare nuts at the rack and pinion. I have temporarily been
>able to splice the hose with a new section but really want to fix it
>properly. Unfortunately, my Chilton's manual does not explain what all
>needs to happen to get to the hose fittings on the rack and pinion (it
>just says becareful not to damage the fitting to the pump as you will
>need to replace the whole hose -- it never tells how to change the
>hose).
>
>Can anyone tell me what I am in for to change the hose? Im guessing it
>is going to be ugly but don't know just how ugly it's going to get.
>
>If you want to reply via email remove the underscores.
>
>91 Red GT
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>266K + Miles
>Original engine
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Much Appreciated.

Thx!

91 Red GT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
266K + Miles
Original engine
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On Tue, 29 May 2007 21:59:41 -0700, hank > wrote:

>Whe I replaced the hoses on my '89, I had to loosen the two big bolts
>that hold the rack to the frams and slide it towrds the fornt of the
>car. That gave enough room to loosen the two hoses.
>
>
>On Fri, 25 May 2007 23:01:52 -0500, 91RedGT
> wrote:
>
>>The power steering hose for my 91 GT needs replacing. I jacked up my
>>car crawled underneath with my wrenches only to find that I cannot
>>access the flare nuts at the rack and pinion. I have temporarily been
>>able to splice the hose with a new section but really want to fix it
>>properly. Unfortunately, my Chilton's manual does not explain what all
>>needs to happen to get to the hose fittings on the rack and pinion (it
>>just says becareful not to damage the fitting to the pump as you will
>>need to replace the whole hose -- it never tells how to change the
>>hose).
>>
>>Can anyone tell me what I am in for to change the hose? Im guessing it
>>is going to be ugly but don't know just how ugly it's going to get.
>>
>>If you want to reply via email remove the underscores.
>>
>>91 Red GT
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>266K + Miles
>>Original engine
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~