Pwer Steering Fluid Leak
10-03-2003, 09:56 PM
#41
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Re: Pwer Steering Fluid Leak
Mine leaks there too. I go through about a cup every 6 months....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> The original poster has an '85 CJ7, the power steering fluid will leak
> directly onto the ground. There is no skid plate there, unless is is some
> custom fabrication job that somebody put together.
>
> The single most common place for the power steering to leak in a CJ is the
> seals where the steering column enters the steering box. Other leaks can
> form, the the steering column is the most common, and where my steering
> fluid leaks from.
>
> "Will Honea" <will@codenet.net> wrote in message
> news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-tYnXw8YsbUFk@anon.none.net...
> > Well, leaks around the steering box are a bit hard to localize,
> > especially if you have a skid plate under there to collect the
> > drippings. And a leak in the hose gets basically nothing on the hose
> > - every one I have had managed to find just the right angle to spray
> > it all on the exhaust manifold - phewww!
> >
> > On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 22:14:58 UTC "Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > There is no place for it to leak and not see it. Fill it up and watch
> the
> > > ground where you park it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Cannon (O|||||||O)" <youcantspamme@dumbbot.com> wrote in message
> > > news:blir5n$pfk$1@news1.mountaincable.net...
> > > > Hi All...
> > > > I seem to be leaking Power Steering Fluid. I checked it earlier and
> the
> > > > dipstick is not even wet. However, I cannot find the leak.
> > > >
> > > > Should I refill it and try looking for the leak again, or is there a
> more
> > > > effective way to determine where the leak is?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Cannon
> > > > '81 258 CJ7
> > > > http://www.moir.com/cj7/cjhome.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Will Honea
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> The original poster has an '85 CJ7, the power steering fluid will leak
> directly onto the ground. There is no skid plate there, unless is is some
> custom fabrication job that somebody put together.
>
> The single most common place for the power steering to leak in a CJ is the
> seals where the steering column enters the steering box. Other leaks can
> form, the the steering column is the most common, and where my steering
> fluid leaks from.
>
> "Will Honea" <will@codenet.net> wrote in message
> news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-tYnXw8YsbUFk@anon.none.net...
> > Well, leaks around the steering box are a bit hard to localize,
> > especially if you have a skid plate under there to collect the
> > drippings. And a leak in the hose gets basically nothing on the hose
> > - every one I have had managed to find just the right angle to spray
> > it all on the exhaust manifold - phewww!
> >
> > On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 22:14:58 UTC "Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > There is no place for it to leak and not see it. Fill it up and watch
> the
> > > ground where you park it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Cannon (O|||||||O)" <youcantspamme@dumbbot.com> wrote in message
> > > news:blir5n$pfk$1@news1.mountaincable.net...
> > > > Hi All...
> > > > I seem to be leaking Power Steering Fluid. I checked it earlier and
> the
> > > > dipstick is not even wet. However, I cannot find the leak.
> > > >
> > > > Should I refill it and try looking for the leak again, or is there a
> more
> > > > effective way to determine where the leak is?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Cannon
> > > > '81 258 CJ7
> > > > http://www.moir.com/cj7/cjhome.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Will Honea
10-03-2003, 09:56 PM
#42
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Re: Pwer Steering Fluid Leak
Mine leaks there too. I go through about a cup every 6 months....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> The original poster has an '85 CJ7, the power steering fluid will leak
> directly onto the ground. There is no skid plate there, unless is is some
> custom fabrication job that somebody put together.
>
> The single most common place for the power steering to leak in a CJ is the
> seals where the steering column enters the steering box. Other leaks can
> form, the the steering column is the most common, and where my steering
> fluid leaks from.
>
> "Will Honea" <will@codenet.net> wrote in message
> news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-tYnXw8YsbUFk@anon.none.net...
> > Well, leaks around the steering box are a bit hard to localize,
> > especially if you have a skid plate under there to collect the
> > drippings. And a leak in the hose gets basically nothing on the hose
> > - every one I have had managed to find just the right angle to spray
> > it all on the exhaust manifold - phewww!
> >
> > On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 22:14:58 UTC "Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > There is no place for it to leak and not see it. Fill it up and watch
> the
> > > ground where you park it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Cannon (O|||||||O)" <youcantspamme@dumbbot.com> wrote in message
> > > news:blir5n$pfk$1@news1.mountaincable.net...
> > > > Hi All...
> > > > I seem to be leaking Power Steering Fluid. I checked it earlier and
> the
> > > > dipstick is not even wet. However, I cannot find the leak.
> > > >
> > > > Should I refill it and try looking for the leak again, or is there a
> more
> > > > effective way to determine where the leak is?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Cannon
> > > > '81 258 CJ7
> > > > http://www.moir.com/cj7/cjhome.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Will Honea
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> The original poster has an '85 CJ7, the power steering fluid will leak
> directly onto the ground. There is no skid plate there, unless is is some
> custom fabrication job that somebody put together.
>
> The single most common place for the power steering to leak in a CJ is the
> seals where the steering column enters the steering box. Other leaks can
> form, the the steering column is the most common, and where my steering
> fluid leaks from.
>
> "Will Honea" <will@codenet.net> wrote in message
> news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-tYnXw8YsbUFk@anon.none.net...
> > Well, leaks around the steering box are a bit hard to localize,
> > especially if you have a skid plate under there to collect the
> > drippings. And a leak in the hose gets basically nothing on the hose
> > - every one I have had managed to find just the right angle to spray
> > it all on the exhaust manifold - phewww!
> >
> > On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 22:14:58 UTC "Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > There is no place for it to leak and not see it. Fill it up and watch
> the
> > > ground where you park it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Cannon (O|||||||O)" <youcantspamme@dumbbot.com> wrote in message
> > > news:blir5n$pfk$1@news1.mountaincable.net...
> > > > Hi All...
> > > > I seem to be leaking Power Steering Fluid. I checked it earlier and
> the
> > > > dipstick is not even wet. However, I cannot find the leak.
> > > >
> > > > Should I refill it and try looking for the leak again, or is there a
> more
> > > > effective way to determine where the leak is?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Cannon
> > > > '81 258 CJ7
> > > > http://www.moir.com/cj7/cjhome.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Will Honea
10-03-2003, 09:56 PM
#43
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Re: Pwer Steering Fluid Leak
Mine leaks there too. I go through about a cup every 6 months....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> The original poster has an '85 CJ7, the power steering fluid will leak
> directly onto the ground. There is no skid plate there, unless is is some
> custom fabrication job that somebody put together.
>
> The single most common place for the power steering to leak in a CJ is the
> seals where the steering column enters the steering box. Other leaks can
> form, the the steering column is the most common, and where my steering
> fluid leaks from.
>
> "Will Honea" <will@codenet.net> wrote in message
> news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-tYnXw8YsbUFk@anon.none.net...
> > Well, leaks around the steering box are a bit hard to localize,
> > especially if you have a skid plate under there to collect the
> > drippings. And a leak in the hose gets basically nothing on the hose
> > - every one I have had managed to find just the right angle to spray
> > it all on the exhaust manifold - phewww!
> >
> > On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 22:14:58 UTC "Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > There is no place for it to leak and not see it. Fill it up and watch
> the
> > > ground where you park it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Cannon (O|||||||O)" <youcantspamme@dumbbot.com> wrote in message
> > > news:blir5n$pfk$1@news1.mountaincable.net...
> > > > Hi All...
> > > > I seem to be leaking Power Steering Fluid. I checked it earlier and
> the
> > > > dipstick is not even wet. However, I cannot find the leak.
> > > >
> > > > Should I refill it and try looking for the leak again, or is there a
> more
> > > > effective way to determine where the leak is?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Cannon
> > > > '81 258 CJ7
> > > > http://www.moir.com/cj7/cjhome.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Will Honea
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> The original poster has an '85 CJ7, the power steering fluid will leak
> directly onto the ground. There is no skid plate there, unless is is some
> custom fabrication job that somebody put together.
>
> The single most common place for the power steering to leak in a CJ is the
> seals where the steering column enters the steering box. Other leaks can
> form, the the steering column is the most common, and where my steering
> fluid leaks from.
>
> "Will Honea" <will@codenet.net> wrote in message
> news:JxX2tWiP5BNp-pn2-tYnXw8YsbUFk@anon.none.net...
> > Well, leaks around the steering box are a bit hard to localize,
> > especially if you have a skid plate under there to collect the
> > drippings. And a leak in the hose gets basically nothing on the hose
> > - every one I have had managed to find just the right angle to spray
> > it all on the exhaust manifold - phewww!
> >
> > On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 22:14:58 UTC "Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > There is no place for it to leak and not see it. Fill it up and watch
> the
> > > ground where you park it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Cannon (O|||||||O)" <youcantspamme@dumbbot.com> wrote in message
> > > news:blir5n$pfk$1@news1.mountaincable.net...
> > > > Hi All...
> > > > I seem to be leaking Power Steering Fluid. I checked it earlier and
> the
> > > > dipstick is not even wet. However, I cannot find the leak.
> > > >
> > > > Should I refill it and try looking for the leak again, or is there a
> more
> > > > effective way to determine where the leak is?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Cannon
> > > > '81 258 CJ7
> > > > http://www.moir.com/cj7/cjhome.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Will Honea
10-03-2003, 10:01 PM
#44
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Re: Pwer Steering Fluid Leak
Approximately 10/3/03 18:33, Peter Parker uttered for posterity:
> In article <3F7E1FF2.3D3C6584@***.net>,
> L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote:
>> Fort Ord, California.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>>Peter Parker wrote:
>>>
>>> Bill, what happened to the pork chops? :)
>>>
>>> BTW, where was this picture taken?
>
> Hmmm, I have a World Wide Major Military installations map and
> I guess Fort Ord, CA is no longer being used?
Not as a full blown military base. Used to be a huge
Army training center, where it was possible to catch pneumonia
right in the middle of California. Complete with poison oak,
poison oleander, rattlesnakes, tarantulas, and an official
Standing Order that there would be an automatic holiday
any time the sun ever shined on base central. Pretty
sure the NCO club was featured in "Soldier in the Rain".
Lon "A-8-3" Stowell
> In article <3F7E1FF2.3D3C6584@***.net>,
> L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote:
>> Fort Ord, California.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>>Peter Parker wrote:
>>>
>>> Bill, what happened to the pork chops? :)
>>>
>>> BTW, where was this picture taken?
>
> Hmmm, I have a World Wide Major Military installations map and
> I guess Fort Ord, CA is no longer being used?
Not as a full blown military base. Used to be a huge
Army training center, where it was possible to catch pneumonia
right in the middle of California. Complete with poison oak,
poison oleander, rattlesnakes, tarantulas, and an official
Standing Order that there would be an automatic holiday
any time the sun ever shined on base central. Pretty
sure the NCO club was featured in "Soldier in the Rain".
Lon "A-8-3" Stowell
10-03-2003, 10:01 PM
#45
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Re: Pwer Steering Fluid Leak
Approximately 10/3/03 18:33, Peter Parker uttered for posterity:
> In article <3F7E1FF2.3D3C6584@***.net>,
> L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote:
>> Fort Ord, California.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>>Peter Parker wrote:
>>>
>>> Bill, what happened to the pork chops? :)
>>>
>>> BTW, where was this picture taken?
>
> Hmmm, I have a World Wide Major Military installations map and
> I guess Fort Ord, CA is no longer being used?
Not as a full blown military base. Used to be a huge
Army training center, where it was possible to catch pneumonia
right in the middle of California. Complete with poison oak,
poison oleander, rattlesnakes, tarantulas, and an official
Standing Order that there would be an automatic holiday
any time the sun ever shined on base central. Pretty
sure the NCO club was featured in "Soldier in the Rain".
Lon "A-8-3" Stowell
> In article <3F7E1FF2.3D3C6584@***.net>,
> L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote:
>> Fort Ord, California.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>>Peter Parker wrote:
>>>
>>> Bill, what happened to the pork chops? :)
>>>
>>> BTW, where was this picture taken?
>
> Hmmm, I have a World Wide Major Military installations map and
> I guess Fort Ord, CA is no longer being used?
Not as a full blown military base. Used to be a huge
Army training center, where it was possible to catch pneumonia
right in the middle of California. Complete with poison oak,
poison oleander, rattlesnakes, tarantulas, and an official
Standing Order that there would be an automatic holiday
any time the sun ever shined on base central. Pretty
sure the NCO club was featured in "Soldier in the Rain".
Lon "A-8-3" Stowell
10-03-2003, 10:01 PM
#46
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Posts: n/a
Re: Pwer Steering Fluid Leak
Approximately 10/3/03 18:33, Peter Parker uttered for posterity:
> In article <3F7E1FF2.3D3C6584@***.net>,
> L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote:
>> Fort Ord, California.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>>Peter Parker wrote:
>>>
>>> Bill, what happened to the pork chops? :)
>>>
>>> BTW, where was this picture taken?
>
> Hmmm, I have a World Wide Major Military installations map and
> I guess Fort Ord, CA is no longer being used?
Not as a full blown military base. Used to be a huge
Army training center, where it was possible to catch pneumonia
right in the middle of California. Complete with poison oak,
poison oleander, rattlesnakes, tarantulas, and an official
Standing Order that there would be an automatic holiday
any time the sun ever shined on base central. Pretty
sure the NCO club was featured in "Soldier in the Rain".
Lon "A-8-3" Stowell
> In article <3F7E1FF2.3D3C6584@***.net>,
> L.W.(=?iso-8859-1?Q?=DFill?=) ------ III <----------@***.net> wrote:
>> Fort Ord, California.
>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>>Peter Parker wrote:
>>>
>>> Bill, what happened to the pork chops? :)
>>>
>>> BTW, where was this picture taken?
>
> Hmmm, I have a World Wide Major Military installations map and
> I guess Fort Ord, CA is no longer being used?
Not as a full blown military base. Used to be a huge
Army training center, where it was possible to catch pneumonia
right in the middle of California. Complete with poison oak,
poison oleander, rattlesnakes, tarantulas, and an official
Standing Order that there would be an automatic holiday
any time the sun ever shined on base central. Pretty
sure the NCO club was featured in "Soldier in the Rain".
Lon "A-8-3" Stowell
10-05-2003, 08:37 AM
#47
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Re: Pwer Steering Fluid Leak
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote..
> Fill it and watch is all I can think of. A good coat of dried mud or
> dust will show up a leak faster. ;-)
By golly there's the perfect excuse to justify going out for a serious mud run.
"I'm testing it to find power steering leaks"
-Bill Kearney
> Fill it and watch is all I can think of. A good coat of dried mud or
> dust will show up a leak faster. ;-)
By golly there's the perfect excuse to justify going out for a serious mud run.
"I'm testing it to find power steering leaks"
-Bill Kearney
10-05-2003, 08:37 AM
#48
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Re: Pwer Steering Fluid Leak
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote..
> Fill it and watch is all I can think of. A good coat of dried mud or
> dust will show up a leak faster. ;-)
By golly there's the perfect excuse to justify going out for a serious mud run.
"I'm testing it to find power steering leaks"
-Bill Kearney
> Fill it and watch is all I can think of. A good coat of dried mud or
> dust will show up a leak faster. ;-)
By golly there's the perfect excuse to justify going out for a serious mud run.
"I'm testing it to find power steering leaks"
-Bill Kearney
10-05-2003, 08:37 AM
#49
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Re: Pwer Steering Fluid Leak
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote..
> Fill it and watch is all I can think of. A good coat of dried mud or
> dust will show up a leak faster. ;-)
By golly there's the perfect excuse to justify going out for a serious mud run.
"I'm testing it to find power steering leaks"
-Bill Kearney
> Fill it and watch is all I can think of. A good coat of dried mud or
> dust will show up a leak faster. ;-)
By golly there's the perfect excuse to justify going out for a serious mud run.
"I'm testing it to find power steering leaks"
-Bill Kearney
10-05-2003, 02:15 PM
#50
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Re: Pwer Steering Fluid Leak
wkearney99 wrote:
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote..
> > Fill it and watch is all I can think of. A good coat of dried mud or
> > dust will show up a leak faster. ;-)
>
> By golly there's the perfect excuse to justify going out for a serious mud run.
> "I'm testing it to find power steering leaks"
>
Works really well on engines to spot leaks too...
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote..
> > Fill it and watch is all I can think of. A good coat of dried mud or
> > dust will show up a leak faster. ;-)
>
> By golly there's the perfect excuse to justify going out for a serious mud run.
> "I'm testing it to find power steering leaks"
>
Works really well on engines to spot leaks too...
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's