I am currently rebuilding a 1960 Lincoln Premiere with a 430 MEL V8 motor. I am aware that there were two styles of power steering units...a vein style and a crank driven style. The crank style is much better but mine is a vein style. I have the engine all hooked up on a test stand and want to fire the motor without grenading the power steering pump. I've been told that the vein style units can burn up in as little as 5 seconds if they aren't getting any fluid. So my question is whether or not I can hook up the high pressure hose and just return it to the filler canister so the fluid will keep cycling while the engine is running. I have the power steering gear box I can connect up if need be but I'm not sure what good that would do. I would really rather not have to pull the crank pulley and disconnect the pump entirely if I don't have to. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much!
P.S. This is my first post on the forums
Thanks so much!
P.S. This is my first post on the forums
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