PAS Steering rack

[phantom wedge]

Hi gent`s just a quick on my 350i what rack is mine off 1989 S2 if it helps it has a blue filler neck on the n/side at the front,

[Wedg1e]

phantom wedge said:

Hi gent`s just a quick on my 350i what rack is mine off 1989 S2 if it helps it has a blue filler neck on the n/side at the front,

Originally the pump was from the SD1 and the rack from the Cortina V6, but later cars (probably applies to yours) had a rack made by Supra, not sure what it was used on but allegedly it was modified by/ for TVR (probably just to accept Cortina/ Granada track rods).

[phantom wedge]

Hi thanks Ian on the rack at the front there is aneye shaped plate with 2 nuts top and bottom i have a little weap of fluid from bottom nut are there replacment gasgets that area if so would that be Ford part.Crawford

[Wedg1e]

I guess you mean the bottomn of the pinion housing (i.e. below where the column joins the rack)...?
There may well be a gasket behind it but you could probably get away with dropping the plate (catch any fluid that drains), clean the mating faces and use something like blue Hylomar or Instant gasket to make a new seal. Engineers' suppliers (or probably Ebay sellers) will do thin cork sheet if you want to go down the route of a new gasket (you can cut it with scissors)... or it may even have an O-ring behind the cover. You need to get the spanners out...

[phantom wedge]

Big Cheers fella

[phantom wedge]

Hi Ian it is a Supra rack and its leaking from top of rack where steering shaft joins the rack some type of plastic/nylon bush where the shaft comes out is there a seal underneath that bush any help it would be most helpful,Thanks Crawford.

[Wedg1e]

There may well be; it could be as daft as an O-ring or it could be some complicated hydraulic thing, a quad ring etc. You may just have to pull it apart to find out
I get a tiny weep from the same place on my rack but it's a Cortina V6 unit. Big John my MOT man doesn't seem to have a problem with it...

[phantom wedge]

Hi Ian TVR Car parts are going to order me a complete kit approx £15 + vat i will just have to wait and see when it arrives Thanks for your help, Crawford.