Fixing the Power Steering And Air Conditioning on my 1988 r35 Flat Bed Chevy Dually 454ci Truck

My Brother Donnie
254 followers
Jan 13, 2025
okay day three on the truck we're gonna
do this a little different we're working
on the power steering put this hose on
but you see it comes down here and just
stops that's how the old one was that
was getting me it was pinching me
constantly so I had this major day
because I could not buy the other hoses
so you know whoever made this up was a
fool the ones that the auto parts store
was like sixteen seventeen dollars a
piece well I could not find this hose
nowhere so that's probably why they made
it up to but that cost fifty six bucks
for that one hose from here to there and
that's a like they said it was the
standard pipe fittings come on focus
well
maybe it's not gonna focus on this
basically goes down enough but they said
it was a standard pipe fitting so that's
what I'm going with but I put that piece
in first okay and then I'm gonna tighten
that one piece up and then I'm gonna
come down here and put the hose on here
you know I'm gonna put this bracket and
put the hose on here and then truck put
that bottom piece on before I tighten
everything up because I don't know
exactly how the orientation of this line
goes if I tighten it up a little all for
that line I ain't going fit or this line
ain't gonna fit so I'm gonna put tighten
the rubber one of last basically they're
coming down through the bracket down
into the next one and tightened up there
so all that's tightened up
now we gotta see if this is gonna fit we
measured it yesterday and this is what
they told us we needed so we'll see the
belt went right on them and it was
extremely close but she fit that's what
we put on and we did that because we
took this vacuum pump out once you take
the vacuum pump out the belt used to go
around that vacuum pump and go down and
now it's straight from the the open
water pump crankshaft as all it's up to
so we bypassed that pulley there
now we could have probably no I don't
think you can make it I don't think you
can leave it in there you can leave it
if you took the pulley off you can leave
it but I don't think there's enough room
to just bypass it and leave it in there
you have to pull it off seemed like this
we're done playing around on this side
we're gonna try to tighten that
air-conditioning just ever so slightly
I'm gonna put a gauge on this air
conditioner I'm pretty sure that lines
leaking over them they tell me that they
put freon in at once a year but it's
awful funny they got four cans I mean I
think they might put it in before they
go to the sale or something but we'll
look and see and see what we can figure
out here I'm gonna try to tighten that
fan belt up if you didn't know when
these over the truck there's a spot all
right
there's that square that is designed to
put a ratchet II and pull like halo and
that puts tension on your belt and then
you couldn't it's easier to tighten them
and then you just tighten that one bolt
back up and then hold it sometimes you
got to break this one over here loose to
get it to pivot but anyway you get it to
pivot while you're pulling like hell I'm
not down there and it makes it a lot
easier and there's also one there on the
power steering is right there is the
square for it so this belt being loose I
can adjust either power steering if this
bill is loose tuned that belt is tight
so this bill needs be adjusted by up
here that belt stays adjusted by them in
there so we're gonna just this real
quick and see if we can get that squeal
out when we hit the gas here you go
watch that compressor them
you can get some leverage on one of
these and pull up in hell it's moving a
quarter mile 1/2 inch anyway let me get
it tight now see what's going on okay
y'all time to do the power steering if
you guys have never cycled power
steering you don't know what you're
missing out on and it seems like
everything I've got leaks power steering
fluid so I don't buy them little porch
you see it to get at station 9 quarts
half pints or whatever them little tiny
things I buy it in two gallons so and
believe it or not I've had this going
for about that dodge was was leaking
like crazy it was leaking one of them
little bottles over two three days she
screw this so I wasn't bought that
gallon threw it in behind the seat then
that was like six months ago and I ain't
bought no more since Marquez what they
normally come in and don't even feel the
reservoir but we're gonna fill it up
we're gonna start the truck up we want a
cycle and we're gonna turn the wheels
all the way to the right and then turn
the wheels all the way to the left and
back and forth back and forth back and
forth about four or five times
and then we'll come out here and check
it I'm gonna probably have to fill it up
again and then we'll do it again and
then we'll press the brakes a few times
to get the booster up and then we'll see
if we've got any leaks we had a pretty
substantial leak but I do not know where
that leak was I assumed it was in that
line it's good being one of these if it
is we'll just have to fix it so or it
could be the pole but we should know
here shortly
that's how I like to do I know it says
add when it's all the way to the bottom
of the steep and I know it says the cold
field on the way down now but I like
feeling it all the way up make sure I
have plenty of extra
[Music]
and it says that
that might be moment
[Music]
and I can see my hydraulic Bobo you can
probably see it to this kid
coming in
well you might not be
[Music]
there you go
don't like that
and I all went back to those
Oh way back to the other soon
and it is getting quieter
get out
and
see if we need any more fluid I've only
cycled it a couple of times here if I
can get you a better angle looks blurry
[Music]
[Music]
get out reach down down then grab hold
of the steering shaft and spawn it from
outside I didn't see any leaks
[Music]
like future
[Music]
come on go around check all the light to
your shorten see what's going on with
you and see if any of them to working oh
I know the interior lights working
[Music]
[Music]
it's just about - no sound whatsoever
and the more you working right to left
they're different you know to get better
and better but walk out here and look
I'll bring you out with me see if you
can see it
and yes
there's tightening up that here I won't
give it some gas
no fanbelt squeal it's just a fan now
you can hear the fainting real good here
we go we got a air-conditioned intestine
let's hear it and see if it's any fun
Oh
oh we might you look the guy head though
I had about something mean he'll
everybody lies about something or
another
oh no she whooped it what the gauge is
telling him
one father
no no it's not trying
but in here
[Music]
[Music]
back out here
Porcello
I would offend
end of day three we've got it washed
we've got the power steering working now
we've got the brake assist working we
have the air conditioning working we
have the alternator working and we gave
it a bath here
the everything seems to be good only I
checked all the lights all the lights
work on I've got one this one right here
in the front it's got a hole in it
I need a new one and one of the ones on
the back that one over there is not the
brake light is not working regular light
works here in the back to work in it old
truck cleans up pretty good but anyway
that's the end of day three will won't
get tagging insurance on it and drive
around a little bit and do some more
work too
