resealing ford PS pump?

[eljefino]

Project 95 Town Car leaks PS fluid at a decent clip. Not enough to stain the garage, but if I wipe the drop off, another one appears. I can't definitively see where it's coming from while it's still on the car.

Pump works flawlessly. It doesn't even make "the Ford noise."

Noticing I can just get a seal kit for a few bucks. Anyone done this? Did that fix it for you?

 

[oggb]

"the Ford noise."

Everyone can hear that sound right now!

If the pump isn't hard to get off it's worth a shot to reseal it. Especially if you have the "no sense replacing a 'perfectly good' __________" bug. I've resealed two pumps. One stopped leaking, the other leaked less. I call that a 75% success rate.

 

[frankbee3]

I have never had a power steering pump apart. But, if your PS pump is an OEM unit, I would rather re-seal it than replace it with an overhauled pump of unknown quality.
And I am famili with the Ford PS pump noise. I always wondered why they had that dying a long slow death sound? Old fluid, air in the system, pump design or what?

I used to work at an airport that had nineties vintage Ford fuel trucks in the F350 to F 550 sizes. I liked those trucks because they just kept going and going..

 

[D60]

I've not personally heard the Ford p/s pump noise from anything other than '80-97 trucks with the dismally engineered C2 pump. In the same era Ford knew they sucked because vans got a real Sag. Makes for an easy swap for truck guys and the improvement is significant.

Looking on RA it doesn't appear to me that a '95 Town Car uses a C2.

That said, eljefino I don't think you're crazy and please let us know how it goes!

 

[Lubener]

Project 95 Town Car leaks PS fluid at a decent clip. Not enough to stain the garage, but if I wipe the drop off, another one appears. I can't definitively see where it's coming from while it's still on the car.

Pump works flawlessly. It doesn't even make "the Ford noise."

Noticing I can just get a seal kit for a few bucks. Anyone done this? Did that fix it for you?

One thing to keep in mind. It may begin making noise after you are done with it.

 

[PontiacHO]

Project 95 Town Car leaks PS fluid at a decent clip. Not enough to stain the garage, but if I wipe the drop off, another one appears. I can't definitively see where it's coming from while it's still on the car.

Pump works flawlessly. It doesn't even make "the Ford noise."

Noticing I can just get a seal kit for a few bucks. Anyone done this? Did that fix it for you?

If it’s the plastic pump housing then it’s a gamble at success. The old metal housings could be resealed but if they were difficult to disassemble it was possible to distort them also. You’ll have to get a pulley removal tool to remove the pulley to replace the shaft seal. Be double dog sure you know it’s the pump leaking rather than a hose and/or fitting before removing and resealing your pump.

 

[D60]

Every pic I see on RA looks metal?