Started on the power steering project today. Here is the step by step process:
Step 1: Jack the car up and secure it with a jack stand. Remove the tire. Decide against pulling the fender and bumper cover. Realize I need a hole saw and drive to Harbor Freight for some HIGH QUALITY TOOLS.
Step 2: After the great Harbor Freight computer system fiasco of 2020, I stopped by O’reilly’s for some steering rack bellows. Finally returned home and proceeded to cut a large hole in my car.
- Step 3: Mock the PS pump up to figure the brackets out. This was made easy by using the jack and taking careful measurements without using any measuring devices.
Why does this remind me of whack-a-mole?
Step 4: Start by drilling a few holes in the hastily constructed stainless steel forward bracket. Realize the battery in my DeWalt drill was low and swap it for the Craftsman drill. Furiously drilled into the stainless plate without a drop of lubricant until the shrill shriek of a suffering drill bit could be heard a block away. It was all going well until this battery died too.
Well. Shit. I’ll finish this tomorrow-ish.