Today I took a trip down to the Junkyard just to get a few clips for the headliner and side trim. I ended up leaving with an intake manifold, 2 fuel rails, a dozen radiator brackets and 17 brake lights (plus all the screws, clips, and plugs I was after). Not a bad haul.. they had plenty of other good things there, but not very many DOHC cars.

After that I wanted to tackle the power steering issue. It had never worked since I got the car, and we had thought it was leaking. But as was discovered in yesterday's blog it was engine oil. So there had to be something wrong with the Power Steering system and that meant one thing.... the pump.

Luckily I had saved my working pump from my other R/T, and due to some other tricks I created to help with the ease of installation and removal of the pump I had it swapped out in no time. Filled it up as much as I could with the new fluid I had and gave it a try.

It worked!

It was almost scary how different a Neon with working Power Steering feels. I had forgotten it was so easy to turn the wheel. Ofcourse the Neon R/T's 16:1 ratio steering rack makes it turn the wheels even faster.

This car is coming together.. Headliner is next. Then speakers / radio... and finally door panels to seal it up. (oh and maybe it could use a good wash?)