I have a 1955 Ford that I installed stock type power steering on. The pump and control valve have been rebuilt but acts like no power steering in either direction when running. The adj. nut is backed off 1/4 turn like it calls for, also has the 9" from ball stud to tie rod bolt. Pump appears to have plenty of pressure. Any ideas what I'm missing.

Is it possible the hoses could be reversed? That happened to a friend on a 55 scrub.  Dave

SE Wis

No that was the first thing I thought of. Don't know if the power cylinder would leak by and cause this to happen. Been working on old hotrods for over 50 years, but this has me stumped.

Shot in the dark. The control valve is stuck, rebuilt or not. It needs to move to send pressure to the ram. I removed a pump once to have it rebuilt, and drove the car into town to the rebuilder. With no pressure on that valve, the car wanders all over, a lot of slack in the middle.

miker
55 bird, 32 cabrio F code
Kent, WA
Tucson, AZ

Might check that out, rebuilt everything about 2 years ago and just put it on. It acts like it did before I had power steering.