What up sandman glad to hear you had a super smart guy helping you out fixing your truck I bet everything went really smooth huh! Anyways I was reading about the p/s thought posted earlier and maybe that might be some of the noise didn't think about it before.

 

He was a'ight.. i'll tell him not to quit his day job though!! ... hey, those roush stripes look bitchin'!!! What pro shop did you have them done at?

As for the whining problem... the fluid level is fine in the power steering, I turned the wheel as suggested, while standing still and the pitch in the whine changes slightly... but it changes...

I will check the choke in the sunlight tommorrow... and try a few other things... will keep you guys posted.. .thanks for the help and suggestions... I hope I can fix these problems..!

 

very nice truck... I like the mid 80's trucks... the lines are nicer to me than the new ones... call me crazy... but I like'm old!

 

Tried that... got a slight change in tone when I moved the steering wheel... what ya think?





EDIT: Sig below is for roushlimited, that I made for him... its a test to see how it would look.. what do you think?

 

Take a suction gun or a turkey squirter thing (if the wife isn't looking) and pull as much fluid as possible out of the PS pump. I bet it won't look near as nice as the fresh red Mercon ATF you put back in. This gets a third or so of the fluid pretty easily without having to undo lines and such. Repete a few times through the week till your getting nice fluid and it should help the pump from squealing.

Adrianspeeder

 

I have an '86 f250 reg cab 460. Up until about 4 years ago, it was used to haul my cattle. When it was stock, I would get 4 mpg towing a 26' steel trailer with more cows than i should have. I added an Edelbrock performer intake and Headman Headers with dual pipes. I doubled my fuel milage while towing, up to a whopping 8 mpg. The mods made it really fun driving around town. Unfortunately my truck's body got really bad. I had it painted 3 times and i finally just retired it to the farm. I use to haul wagons around and plow snow. If you ever decide to haul a trailer add the biggest tranny cooler you can find, trust me.... i ate 2 trannies. And also change the atf fluid frequently.
Those are great trucks, i just wish the Western PA climate wouldnt have taken it's toll on the body, or i would still have mine on the road. Take care of that old beast, they are rare to find in that condition.

Matt

 

Yep, do just what adrianspeeder said. changing the fluid will help.

 

Ok, cool thanks... I will try that... is it hard to just completely change out the power steering fluid?

 

Its hard and messy, you could disconnect the return line on the pump and (have someone else start the engine) pour fliud in as the old is caught in a bucket. shut engine off. But the way adrianspeeder discribed is the best way to go. Also you could add some power steering treatment (to new fliud) and that will quiet an old pump for a while. Even a new one will sound a lot louder than a late model pump. good luck.