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Fluid leak


DocLips

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I pulled my dash out on sunday and removed the steering wheel. Now there is a puddle of power steering fluid under the truck. Not really sure what I did to cause this or if it may just have been a bad seal. Truck is 88Bii with 302 swap and 3in body lift if that helps narrow down what may have happened. The truck has not moved in about 3 weeks and that was only about 50ft. other than that, it has sat for about 3years or so.
 


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Removing the dash and steering wheel cannot cause a power steering leak. Power steering fluid doesn't get anywhere near those parts. I would call it a coincidence that the leak happened after the dash/steering wheel work.

The leak could be from the PS pump, steering box, or one of the lines that connect the pump to the box. It shouldn't be hard to see where it's coming from.
 

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The fluid looks to have come from the input shaft extension that was put on for the body lift. I was just curious if that is common with the extension pieces, i've never had a body lifted vehicle before and figured if it were common, I would remove the body lift and extension. After checking things, I probably will remove the lift since the shift linkage is messed up too.
 

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