Hello all, as some may know, I've recently posted questions about PAS fluid and lines. This is all because one of my pipes has rusted and started the leak
Before we get into that, a little pic of a job I did a few weeks ago; the sunroof drain tubes had leaked previously and warped the headliner. It's never going to be perfect but it's a lot better than it was.
Soaked with watered-down PVA glue, clamped with some wood and left to dry.
Now for the big job.
The PAS fluid dropped all of a sudden which I topped up (all the while wondering where the fluid could have gone...). I jacked the car front up to bleed it and as I was turning the wheel I saw a drip from the front, right, rear corner of the subframe. I looked into it and it turns out one of the pipes around the rack had rusted and started to leak :frown The only way to get to said pipe is to drop the front subframe; Two of the engine mounts are on the subframe so I made this support:
Just to make the job easier, every nut and bolt was a rusted mess
As you can see, the subframe is in two parts.
It's the rotten looking pipe in the bottom of this picture, held onto the rotten looking subframe with the rotten looking bracket...
The top pipe is rusty but not leaking, but I'm going to replace it for peace of mind.
I took the rack out of the frame to get good access to everything, mainly to clean up and weld, but what a pain in the ****! To remove the rack you need to remove the track rod ***emblies and wind the rack all the way in to get the clearance. This of course renders all my markings on the column useless as everything's been moved lol so I may have to remove the steering wheel and put it back on straight once everything is tracked up again.
Now, because I'm me, I couldn't stand all the rust so everything has been scrubbed and painted:
I'll update this again with more progress as and when it happens.
Before we get into that, a little pic of a job I did a few weeks ago; the sunroof drain tubes had leaked previously and warped the headliner. It's never going to be perfect but it's a lot better than it was.
Soaked with watered-down PVA glue, clamped with some wood and left to dry.
Now for the big job.
The PAS fluid dropped all of a sudden which I topped up (all the while wondering where the fluid could have gone...). I jacked the car front up to bleed it and as I was turning the wheel I saw a drip from the front, right, rear corner of the subframe. I looked into it and it turns out one of the pipes around the rack had rusted and started to leak :frown The only way to get to said pipe is to drop the front subframe; Two of the engine mounts are on the subframe so I made this support:
Just to make the job easier, every nut and bolt was a rusted mess
As you can see, the subframe is in two parts.
It's the rotten looking pipe in the bottom of this picture, held onto the rotten looking subframe with the rotten looking bracket...
The top pipe is rusty but not leaking, but I'm going to replace it for peace of mind.
I took the rack out of the frame to get good access to everything, mainly to clean up and weld, but what a pain in the ****! To remove the rack you need to remove the track rod ***emblies and wind the rack all the way in to get the clearance. This of course renders all my markings on the column useless as everything's been moved lol so I may have to remove the steering wheel and put it back on straight once everything is tracked up again.
Now, because I'm me, I couldn't stand all the rust so everything has been scrubbed and painted:
I'll update this again with more progress as and when it happens.