[Nicks67GTO]

So my new engine install has had some serious roadblocks. The engine runs great but i've had some accessory nightmares that have cost me months of time at this point. I'll detail my power steering debacle here....

-I pull my 455 last fall and sell it to ROHRT on here. My power steering is fine and works great as I pull in the garage and i've never had an issue....

-I bag up the pump to keep it wet over the winter

-Install the new engine with my old accessory drives and it does not work. I have 0 assist.

-I go to Oriellies and get a pump. Install and I still have 0 assist.

-I check lines and bypass my PS oil cooler....still no assist

-Order a new box since that's the only piece of the puzzle left right??.....0 assist

-Go back to Oriellies and get another new pump {which I should have done before ordering a new box}....I get SOME assist but it cuts out at very in opportune times and goes into a hydrolock where turning is almost impossible. If my wife was driving the car it would have been over. I literally thought I was going to break the steering wheel trying to turn it.

-Drink a few beers to cool down

-Call CVF racing and discuss issues.

-Find out that this isn't all too uncommon to get junk "rebuilt" pumps and they sell a nice new pump/housing that's set at the proper 1200psi

-Install and I have full assist with no issue.

The lesson here is that you have no clue what you're getting with these "rebuilt" pumps. 2 bad ones in a row has cost me a TON of time and about $60 in power steering fluid, $20 bucks in shop towels a $100 box, 30$ in fittings, $30+ bucks in gas testing and running all over the place and years off my life in heart stress.