Between work demanding my time and the fact I have been disgusted with the car lately, I haven’t kept up with updating this thread. I’ll fix that right now.
After finally getting the appropriate fitting, I reconnected the lines and gave it another try. This time it didn’t leak but that was the end of the good news.
Those with sharp eyes can spot the issue right away but I’ll get back to this later.
The first drive went well enough until I realized I was laying a smoke screen. As it turned out, the new dipstick tube wasn’t fully seated and I was spewing oil directly onto the header. Yay 100+ pounds of oil pressure!!
Couldn’t resist a picture! After getting back on the road I noticed the steering was HARD and it would only move with throttle input. Great… That means air trapped in the lines.
More gratuitous glamour pictures…
Who doesn’t like carbon fiber??
Kept noticing small amount of PS fluid on the ground and it took me a bit to find the source. The upper hose was in a bind and it severed the PTFE at the edge of the ferrule. As it leaked, it traveled through the steel braided shield and transferred to another hose before dripping to the ground. Chased that for a few days and then it took me a few tries to get it right but I repaired the leak.
Tried to bleed the air from the system on a few occasions but to no avail. The normal turn the wheels lock to lock method didn’t help. Decided to pull the system under a vacuum but had issues getting the ‘plug’ to seal in the reservoir.
Chassis is stiff!!
Another trip around the block proved that round of bleeding to be unsuccessful.
Made a bleeding port by drilling/tapping the reservoir cap to accept a 1/4 tubing fitting and using a Mityvac to pull it under a vacuum.
Took the car for a spin and it felt good but it got a little touchy at low rpm’s pulling into the carport. I’ll nail it down but she’s good enough to play around.