I have a power steering problem on my 1989 Wellcraft Eclipse. It has a 5.7L Mercruiser with an Alpha 1. When I got the boat the steering was frozen. Grease had hardened around the cable on the steering ram. The ram also had a leak on one of the pre made solid lines that link the valve body to the ram. I replaced the ram with a used one out of a supposed working boat. I also replace the power steering pump with a new one from autozone. The guy before me had run it dry.
When I put the new pump and ram in I got power steering for a couple of seconds then nothing. I have tried bleeding the system the way the manual says with no change in steering. Any ideas on what to do?
When I put the new pump and ram in I got power steering for a couple of seconds then nothing. I have tried bleeding the system the way the manual says with no change in steering. Any ideas on what to do?