a followup!

nothing significant to report so far. The Jimmy has been starting and running without incident. I pulled it out of the carport over the weekend and gave it a proper washing-off. It also got rained on HARD all day Monday... started up just fine each time I tried it.

(of course the hood was closed this time. May have to resort strategically hitting suspect components with a spray bottle of water to force a failure)

I did take it for a short spin last night. The front stabilizer bar bushings were visibly torn so the bar clunks severely at full lock. Also looks like the high pressure power steering hose has sprung a leak. Can't see it spraying but there is a significant amount of fluid dripping off that line. Doesn't seem like the pump is bad as the steering effort at a standstill is light and the pump is making no noise..

I figure I can change the stabilizer bar bushings on my own. Might as well do the links at the same time, they're cheap enough.

Probably going to have to let a shop deal with the hose, as it looks like you have to remove the PS pump + bunch of components in order to get to the pump side of the line... I don't have the tools for that.

 

One thing does in fact appear to lead to another.


George