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Originally Posted by 59safaricat

Wouldn't hurt to try and the only cost is about 2 quarts of trans fluid.

I'm really curious about the results, so please post up any new findings if you go through with it.

Sorry for taking so long. Been very busy lately.

I emptied the pump and evacuated the box again and refilled with Dextron III (I had an old, unopened bottle - probably 10 years old - and figured it would be closer to the old Dextron). No change.

I removed the pressure valve and replcaed with the original from my '66. No change.

I disassembled the '67's original pressure valve and found a small piece of dirt in it. Reinstalled, and no change.

I have the pump off of my father's burnt 1964 GTO hardtop. It burned up in a house fire 5 years ago. The car has been sitting outside with no real protection. About 3-4 weeks ago he & I went over to it and cut the hood open. We removed the tripower intake and carbs, Shroud, PS Pump, Alternator, and some other misc stuff. Surprisingly the motor still has oil in it (no water), and the antifreeze in the heads/intake still was nice and green.

I basically pulled the pump out of the reservoir, swapped the big oring and the 3 little ones from the rebuilt '67 pump, and put it on the '67. The power steering works as it should and does not leak. Crazy that it sat 5 years and did have a little water in it (pressure valve was stuck in compressed state, once I got it out, I cleaned all the rust off of it), but it works like a champ!

I'm assuming that something is not correct in my rebuild. I have had this pump apart 6-7 times total and everything appears to be correct/undamaged. I am going to pickup a rebuilt pump and install it. My father wants to keep his '64's pump for a spare for his catalina.

Engine pic of burnt '64 for you guys...



Exterior pic...