Came home one night and the 69 was leaking power steering fluid all over the place. Found it coming out of the PS gear box right were the high pressure line attaches. No big deal, I've done it before. So I order all new parts. Gearbox, pump, and both lines. I flush everything with fresh PS fluid. Wasn't that difficult just time consuming. Get in and fire that sucker. It starts right up and sounds great. (Hadn't heard it in awhile). Look at the box and pump and the smile on my face is instantly gone. It's Leaking from the same spot on the box. WTF. Someone explain to me how that is even possible? None of the parts are the same! Really not sure where to go from here. Need the fgf gods to advise me on this one, if they can.
Wow, WTH... Could it be pressure related? Do you think you might have blockage somewhere?
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If you leaking from the pressure line there are couple things I would look for.
I would pull the line off the PS Box and inspect the brass cone in the box. Make sure there is not any debris in there that would keep it from seating and that the cone is not deformed from previous use . And make sure you have the correct flare type. You didn't say where the box came from.
Then I would question how you are tightening it down. I treat them like brake lines. I will tighten it up, back it off, tighten it up again and back it off a few times. This helps seat the flare and you can usually get a half a turn more out of it. I also use a line wrench style crows foot with a long extension to get in there. Not sure how I ever lived without. You can get a whole lot more leverage on that nut.
I doubt an installation error Bronze Bird. I've done a couple before on my 68 without any problems. In fact when I restored the 69 about twenty years ago, it was done then without issues. It just started to leak one night out of the blue. First thing I tried was to put one of those special wrench's on it (I forget the name but they're like closed end wrenches that get a bite on more than two opposite sides. Have a little opening). and torque it down. Didn't stop it. That's when I figured the box was through... After the shock wore off on the recent rebuild failure, first thing I thought was a block somewhere as well Sleddog. It would have to be in the metal portion of the return line, (cause all other parts are new), but it checked out. I also thought about pressure but that would mean both pumps are acting up or maybe the wrong pulley. Unlikely though, I'm the 2nd owner of my 69 plus it was never an issue before... Bought a quick ratio Cardone. Flares looked good. I'll try your advise rohrt about backing off a few times. I also spoke with a f body guru out of state, and he said to crank that sucker down to the point of almost stripping it. Little worried about that advice but nothing else has worked. I appreciate all the input guys.
I had somewhat the same problem before on mine and it was all pretty new stuff and one of the lines started leaking and kept leaking at the gear box even after removing and putting it back on. I finally pulled the line off again and started looking at the inside of the flare and noticed a small hair line crack. Put a new line on and still leaked a little bit, so I cranked on it more nad it stopped leaking. Maybe you should try putting one of those flare nut wrenches on it and crank it down nice and good!
