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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Alnico Blue on 10 February 2019, 11:33:33
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hi all
planning a job on Swmbos 03 Focus . . . replacing the power steering pump as its now very noisy. I'm going down used replacement with pulley still attached route , so no need to remove old pulley.
After trawling through the Focus / Ford forums/ You tube etc.I cannot find a "how to " on this.
It looks fairly simple . . remove aux belt . . .4 bolts hold the pump on . BUT . . . is there a special tool to remove the 2 fluid pipes to the pump ?
The bottom one looks like it will just undo with a crows foot spanner but the top one looks like it may require something special to get it off .
Has anyone removed these 2 pipes in the past & could you advise me of how it is done .
Have a "Haynes" on order . . but not holding out too much hope on that giving a clear instruction on how this is done ::) ::)
TIA Al :P
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hi all
planning a job on Swmbos 03 Focus . . . replacing the power steering pump as its now very noisy. I'm going down used replacement with pulley still attached route , so no need to remove old pulley.
After trawling through the Focus / Ford forums/ You tube etc.I cannot find a "how to " on this.
It looks fairly simple . . remove aux belt . . .4 bolts hold the pump on . BUT . . . is there a special tool to remove the 2 fluid pipes to the pump ?
The bottom one looks like it will just undo with a crows foot spanner but the top one looks like it may require something special to get it off .
Has anyone removed these 2 pipes in the past & could you advise me of how it is done .
Have a "Haynes" on order . . but not holding out too much hope on that giving a clear instruction on how this is done ::) ::)
TIA Al :P
Update: seems there are several versions of this pump on several different engines ::) ::)
A c second investigation of mine seems to show that both connections may just be ordinary hose clips :-\ :-\ ??? ??? ??? Crows foot only needed for later/alternate versions it seems . Best I wait until replacement pump arrives along the "haynes" book of bull.
Pretty sure replacement pump on order is correct one though ;)
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All sorted this morning . . Replaced knackered pump ,no issues with pipe connections , HP was a union threaded into the bottom of the pump, LP was just a hose clip :y
Bit messy getting old fluid out , but other than that easy peasy ;) ;)
Much easier access with the OS headlight removed (takes 5 mins)
Noisy rumble has gone totally . .all good :y :y :y
Brownie points scored with SWMBO ;D ;D ;D ;D
*Haynes book was about as useful as a chocolate teapot ::) ::)