Rustyrodknocker
Senior Member
the wife's 2011 Challeger started loosing power steering. It was leaking. I couldn't find a pump on the car but some internet research lead me to an electric pump behind the wheel well. Turns out it's common for these to have an oring failure or a crack where the reservoir connects to the pump body. Autozone had a kit with a new reservoir. $90. Had to buy a vacuum pump for bleeding the system $60. New plastic rivets to reinstall the fender liner $10. They did not have nor could get the electric pump type fluid. I had to go to the dealer for a quart. $33 a pint.
So if I have good luck I will be in for $220 a sore neck and back from trying to get inside the wheel well with the spindle and A arm assembly.
If my luck is bad I get to buy a $1000 pump and spend another day inside the wheel well.
I have been listening to Cool Hand Luke on the drive home at night. Another day in the box Luke is what was in my mind.
I'm over it but the wife loves it and it only has 50k miles on it....
It truly is a shitty car in my opinion, it's getting the late model mopar front end sag. Gonna need struts and springs with the new tires this year.
I figured 20:1 on the repair labor vs my old cars. I could put 20 pumps on 20 cars in the time I will have in this. Without a sore neck...
So if I have good luck I will be in for $220 a sore neck and back from trying to get inside the wheel well with the spindle and A arm assembly.
If my luck is bad I get to buy a $1000 pump and spend another day inside the wheel well.
I have been listening to Cool Hand Luke on the drive home at night. Another day in the box Luke is what was in my mind.
I'm over it but the wife loves it and it only has 50k miles on it....
It truly is a shitty car in my opinion, it's getting the late model mopar front end sag. Gonna need struts and springs with the new tires this year.
I figured 20:1 on the repair labor vs my old cars. I could put 20 pumps on 20 cars in the time I will have in this. Without a sore neck...