I am doing an all around fluid change ( oil, brake, transmission, differential, antifreeze and power steering) on this car. I am to the power steering. The steering on this car (1983) seems OK to me but I have very little to judge it against since all my other cars do not have assisted steering. Very little information in either Haynes or the 126 CD manual. I went to our local junk yard and unscrewed a 12mm "drain plug" on the bottom of what I will call the steering gear box and low and behold the power steering reservoir drained promptly. This was an older car 1978 I think. When I got home I repeated the procedure and got nothing but a slow drip out of the "gear box" the drip slowly increased with time but has me puzzled. I loosened the hoses from the reservoir to the gear box and they dripped fluid rapidly. Do I have something wrong or plugged in the gear box or is this OK for an 1983 model? There is also a filter in the reservoir which I am replacing but would like to know if I need to do any flushing or other simple diagnostic work before I put the new fluid in. Thanks for any information in advance. wolf
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19 years ago