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Cap off PS unit

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If I delete the PS pump and cap off the steering box unit????
Does it still function like non PS?
65 Coronet 318 poly.
 
No it will turn with more difficulty. If you cap off the ports the fluid will have no route to follow-dead headed.
Mike
 
Is your car running and driving? If so, go down a road with no traffic and shut off the engine and then make a turn. That's how it will be. 25 mph should be fast enough to show you just how hard it will be to steer. Think manual steering with about 5-10 psi in the front tires and double that effort.....
 
No it will turn with more difficulty. If you cap off the ports the fluid will have no route to follow-dead headed.
Mike
What about a by pass hose or two? Or no hoses at all.
Problem is I do not have the correct PS pump and brackets.
Still looking; anybody have one?
 
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It will be dangerous. I would find the correct pump and brackets or change to a manual box. Does 67-69 small block use the same brackets and pump as the poly??
 
It will be dangerous. I would find the correct pump and brackets or change to a manual box. Does 67-69 small block use the same brackets and pump as the poly??
I have a 68 Coronet SW 318 and it is different, hoses are smaller and the mounting bracket is not the same.
Thank You
 
With all those folks pulling poly engines and installing big blocks, you should be able to find one relatively cheap.

Agree, you don't want to drive a PS car without PS.
 
With all those folks pulling poly engines and installing big blocks, you should be able to find one relatively cheap.

Agree, you don't want to drive a PS car without PS.
Agree I'll post a wanted ad.
 
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