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  2. Posted

    Gave em a good clean, cut & polish.

    They aren't perfect but maybe tomorrow I'll paint strip them then polish again & see what happens but they are definitely better than what they were when i got them earlier. 3771ce7a073a2a6be76da215917fcf45.jpg

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    Dunno yet Dean, wheels still havent arrived yet haha hopefully this week. Im gonna go out on a limb & say yes they do. They have these thin alloy discs with ford logo glued on em from factory so im gonna take them off cos the LTD dont roll like that then prepwash em clean em up & polish them. I tried uploading a pic on tapatalk before but it just wouldnt upload.

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    Cheers Dean haha, i got really good at installing & removing the pipe/pipes over the last couple of weeks the only annoying part was the nut not screwing in as i wanted it to but its in now & I'll remember this for next time👍😊. Also i should mention for anyone else who does this that its a good idea to remove the wires & + cable off the starter (& + off battery), cos they get in the way & can get squashed & wires can get forced  out of their clips whilst forcing the hardline over the tie rod ends/steering arms.

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  11. Posted

    Update took the pipie back to Luke & swapped it for one that went the route that i wanted & managed to only just yesterday get the fitting screwed into the steering box & i used Dean's trick with the ring end of the spanner & kind of manipulated the pipe to the correct angle so that i was able to screw the fitting in & im happy to say that eveything is all in place all tight & there are no leaks woohoooo😁. Thanks for everbody's help much appreciated 👍👍.

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    Well i tried fitting the pipe today that i got off Luke but no luck its longer & runs a different route to the one i need so its back to see Luke tomorrow, ill take the pipe i got off him back and also the pipe that is broken but goes the route that i need between the passenger engine mount & sump. And will also need to go to Centrelink aswell as i have been & a lot of my casual workmates have been put out of work for who knows how long cos of the coronavirus.

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    this is another reason i liked the crossflow engine .. clevo was such an asshole to work on anything. 
    i almost fitted a manual steering box, and if i had another Xseries car i'd do this as soon as i had power steering issues.. sick of them .

    i can't explain enough to [mention=97]BGDAV[/mention] how many times i leave a small leak Vs trying to fix it (or paying someone else to) only for it to break something or make it worse..
    hopefully can get the broken bit out of the box if thats what you broke
    Yeah i unscrewed the fitting from the steering box yesterday, its the top bit where the pirtek guy welded the fitting to the pipe that snapped clean off. Yeah changing spark plugs & doing extractor bolts on the drivers side bank with a v8 is a pain in the arse, cant get a ratchet & socket on no 4 spark plug cos the Power steering line (suprise suprise) is in the way so have to get creative with a socket & a little extension & use multi grips to undo the spark plug, & use a cut down 14mm open ended spanner on the bottom extractor bolt cos otherwise your hitting the firewall.

    I changed the ps to manual steering in my ZL to quickly pass rwc cos i was impatient haha. I didnt really like it cos it was hard to reverse park it & parallel park but was good when the car was in motion.6d4344dcbedd58160f9935c4920bfe9c.jpg

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  19. Posted

    50 minutes ago, gerg said:

    Fucken hell mate, did you run over a Chinese bloke or something... I haven't ever seen this much power steering-related bad luck

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    I know its fucken ridiculous, i dont know whether to laugh or cry. I have NEVER had so much trouble in all the years that ive been mucking around with cars than what im having with this damn power steering line 🤣🤣🤣 

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    3 hours ago, gerg said:

    Yeah I routed my return line in a completely different way, and I installed P-clamps to secure the steel line to the crossmember as it was rubbing on the inner tie rod end.

    Mods could we cut/paste this topic in a new thread? This has useful info that some may want to find later. Cheers emoji41.pngemoji1360.png

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    Yeah i have them P clamps too Gerg bolted to the engine base plates👍😊

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  22. Posted

    I noticed today something i forgot to do mon arvo was zip tie the pipes to the crossmember, i noticed a kink in the hardline & i have no doubt that this is why the return hose failed yesterday bcos the pipes on the passenger side were hanging out a bit & when turning left the steering arm has bloody ripped into the return line & kinked the hardline. I put zip ties on this arvo though to keep the lines as cloe to the crossmember as possible.

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  23. Posted

    Yep me too Dean, last nov i think it was one of my trans cooler lines the metal line was rubbing against the sump & put a hole in it so replaced that then 28 days ago this fri coming the rubber hose off the high pressure line was rubbing against the edge of the torque box for who knows how long.....(put the line in it in 2012 wasnt doing it then) & put a hole in it

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