I just picked up a 1990 Ford Taurus GL today at an auction ($350!!!). I noticed while driving it home that there's a serious deadzone while turning the steering wheel. First, the thing needs an alignment somethig awful (tuning the wheel to the right approx 120 degrees gets the car to go straight), but when turning the wheel back to the left, there's almost 180 degrees of either incredibly slow tire turning or nothing, once I get it past a certain point turining in either direction, the steering feeling comes back and it turns properly.
any ideas what this could be?