Tyrone Biggums

Well, I took off the pump and took off the air relief valve, pressure valve assembly, and reservoir to make sure nothing was clogged. I didn't see anything, but it may have made a difference. Next, I took out the solenoid on the rack and cleaned the screen...pretty dirty. I re-flushed and bled the system and now it works great. I don't know exactly what the problem was, but it is fixed now, haha. Thanks for the help, guys!

I followed the instructions for flushing the PS system on lexls.com and turned the wheel back and forth about 50 times and I still have what feels like completely manual steering. The noise is gone, so I'm guessing the air is out of the system, but a quiet pump that isn't working is of no use to me. What next?

Thanks...after doing a little reading, that's what I thought was happening. I'm used to my Nissan where it takes like two times lock to lock and it's all set.

I was getting a lot of whining/groaning/leaking from my power steering so I decided to go ahead and replace the pump since I have a long road trip next week and I don't want it crapping out on me. While I was in there, I replaced the alternator as well. The car runs fine, but there is a lot of whining/groaning from the PS pump (much worse than before), and there is no hydraulic power coming from the pump. Steering feels like it is close to 100% manual but I am not getting any leaks. Something is seriously wrong with the install or the part. I was wondering if there is something simple that I could have missed while doing this. I am really irritated right now because I need this car for my trip in a week.

My '93 LS has the pioneer AM/FM cassette player and I'm having trouble finding the correct adapter harness for an aftermarket head unit. The one I usually find is for the amplifier adapter harness which I assume is for the nakamichi stereo, but IIRC the pioneer unit has an internal amplifier. If anyone could post a link or part # that would be a great help. Thanks.