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Survived a hard hit by an SUV but now POWER STEERING PUMP gone south. 200 1991

posted by  cuddysounds on  Sat Sep 20 14:35 CST 2008
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Here's what happened: I gave it to a neice who had an accident. The front left fender was crushed in by a lady driving an SUV. She survived fine and surrendered the car back to me. I replaced the LF fender, LF A-frame, ball joint, LF headlight, turn signal, bumper, hood opener, etc, and brought my trusty Volvo back to life. The car has 158,000 miles on it and runs fine.

One problem though, is the car won't start in wet weather. I waited for a dry, clear night, got a water spray bottle, and sprayed the spark plug wires and distributer cap, then cranked the car looking for sparks arcing. No dice. With some difficulty, the car started. I heard a belt squeal. Ignored it. Next morning, I noticed the belt connecting the AC to the engine had fallen off. Not broken, just fallen off. I tried the cap on the power steering pump. It was loose. I tightened it and something snapped and now the cap won't tighten. Three questions. 1) Can I replace the cap or does the whole pump have to be replaced? P/S wasn't working when I got the car back. 2) What caused the belt to fall off? Is the AC generator bad? The pump is the kind that has the reservoir and pump together. It still has fluid and the pulley spins freely. 3) I hear P/S pumps don't go bad often. This pump looks fairly new compared to the rest of the car (I haven't seen the car in more than two years.) Is it possible that the hit caused the power steering pump to break?

Appreciate any advice out there.

Thanks
Cuddy






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