Up on the 100 mile ridge the speed car had a bad hydraulic leak near the motor. There is no way to fix this leak in the road nor could we drive 30 miles to the nearest towns. Manti and Ephram so we removed the belt but now he has no alternator either but at least we could proceed. He was watching his voltage and got down to 8 volts when car shut off in Manti. But all the stores were closed because of a state holiday. So we jumped his car for 15 min and he drove to Ephram Found a correct belt to run only alternator, ate lunch and went back up the hill for the remaining 100 miles
But during a stop the owner said his steering is so tough that he can’t do another day like this. My Mac Guyver kicked in. The reason is the ram and servi are still filled with ps fluid. With some thought we disconnected the ram lines and turned the steering to push the remaining oil out and hooked up a crossover hose so the ram can now move and not be under a constant hydraulic lock situation. Capped off the pump supply and return lines and wrapped a plastic bag, electrical tape and zip ties around the servo to keep dirt out.
He still has an additional electric power steering so I think he will be ok
