Installing power steering on 98 Fiesta

Have a 1998 Ford Fiesta and wondered if anyone know if its a hard/long/exensive job to install power steering on it ?

appreciate any info cheers

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Newsdemon
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A fairly easy DIY job. Probably half a days work if you know what you are doing. I've done it on a Rover SD1 after being given all the parts, but is it really worth it unless you can find all the parts cheap at a breakers. I'd guess it would cost over £300 if you fitted new parts. Rack, pump, hoses, pulleys, belts, brackets, etc. and maybe a modified or adapted steering column. Probably cheaper to sell the car, and buy one that already has it. Mike..

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Mike G

Cheers for the reply Mike, Fiesta only has 16,000 miles on it even though its 10 years old and only paid £750 for it so its a car we'd like to keep to be honest. Its the wifes car and shes getting on a bit now and getting this after having a power steering car.

I guess its a case of finding what parts id need,, i see power stearing racks and pumps on ebay pretty cheap either new or reconditioned. Will probably see what the local garage will charge for it as she'll be keeping the car for the next 5 years at least!

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Newsdemon

Buying the bits one at a time would be right headache IMO. There will be so many parts you'll need apart from the pump and rack. Even if you buy a new or reconned pump and rack, and new hoses, which are the critical parts, your best bet is still to get all the rest you need from a donor car in a breakers.

Will

Probably an arm and a leg, compared to how much it would cost you to do it yourself. It's more tine consuming than difficult. Mike.

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Mike G

"Newsdemon" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Such a massively low mileage is utterly irrelevant. All it means is that the car's spent a LOT of time sat around doing sod all. One elderly owner, by any chance? Only used for shops & church? So it's spent all it's time being touch-parked at 5,000rpm with slipping clutch.

Seriously - flog this, and buy one with PAS.

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Adrian

Thus spake Adrian ( snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com) unto the assembled multitudes:

And in that 16,000 miles and 10 years how often (if ever) did it get an oil change? Loads of short journeys, oil rarely gets hot, lots of moisture forms in it to emulsify it and get into the bearings... Don't wanna scare you, mind...

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A.Clews
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Be interesting to know what the running cost per mile is :-)

Chris

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Chris Whelan

Probably much more favourable than that of a new diesel repmobile - neither will be losing anything to depreciation, and may even be appreciating.

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SteveH

14,500 of those miles have been done in the last 18 months. Just looked at the service book and it had an oil change and service at 3,000 miles in May 2007, oil change and service at 8,100 in Dec 2007 and a full service at 13,000 this August by Ford main dealer.

Its been in an old guys garage in Sussex, his Daughter put 14,500 on it in the last 18 months, were happy with it thats all that matters to be honest and thanks but you didnt scare me at all :)

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Newsdemon

sorry the latter milage should have said 15,000

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Newsdemon

snipped-for-privacy@italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

I seem to recall Pete mentioning maintenance costs on the Jensen... IIRC, they were heading for a hundred quid a mile...

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Adrian

Yesss. That was definately the case early on with it.

Nowadays it's actually useable, well, it will be when it returns from the bodyshop next week.

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Pete M

Pete M gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

At which point, the costs will be HOW much...? Going to be a LOT of miles before that's down to "merely astronomical"...

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Adrian

Worked out a while ago that the Bentley is a lot cheaper than a new diesel repmobile to run provided the mileage is kept low. £250 a year fully comp insurance, "B" service is around £150, "A" service around £450. Does between 12-18 mpg and hasn't depreciated at all in 2 years. Bought for £21k with 12,400 miles on the clock, now on 17,400 miles and still likely to fetch £21k as it's still perfect and still very low mileage.

Even the best diesel repmobile will lose around 35% of its value in the first couple of years.

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Pete M

It does nearly 12 mpg now. That's bloody good for an Interceptor.

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Pete M

Pete M gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

MMmm.. And how long will it do 12mpg for, before something else demands substantial cash injections...?

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Adrian

It's happily managed to run for a whole hour before breaking down. I've managed a 15 mile run in it with no issues...

Then again, there isn't much left which is likely to cause any issues. It's had a new starter, alternator, discs, pads, shocks, gearbox, carb, battery, coil, plugs, leads, dizzy cap, rotor arm...

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Pete M

Pete M gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

So just the rest of the running gear, bodywork, electrics...

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Adrian

Supposedly a cast-iron investment in rep-mobile terms.... my Passat was offered to me by the lease company for £6.9k.

That's around 34% retained value, in 3 years. Trade price is a good grand and a half under what they offered it to me for, too.

Needless to say, I declined their 'generous' offer.

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SteveH

Zackly. Yours wasn't a bad colour either. 100k miles or so, first of a new shape and a 'prestige brand'. Yet £5500 is what they'll be all over the place for soon enough. £18k new?

Bloke with the Bentley and Jensen knocks about town in disposable motors that tend to cost £300-400 quid. Runs them for a year or and flogs the remains for £300-400 quid when something more interesting comes along. His girlfriend uses his Clio diesel or his MX5 for her daily wheels. Having driven the Clio I have to agree with his description of it "Cost me a couple of grand a year ago with 120k miles up it (It's a 54 plate sporty looking but dCi job), has averaged 57 mpg ever since, but what a disaster to drive".

Happily, the Jensen has gone up in value by approximately the amount he's spent on it in the last 4 years and after the incident in the MOT station in July will be back from the bodyshop next Friday with a load of new bodywork and paintwork done at the expense of the muppet with the dodgy Megane and his insurance company...

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Pete M

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