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[Alnico Blue]

hi all
         planning a job on Swmbos 03 Focus . . . replacing the power steering pump as its now very noisy. I'm going down used replacement with pulley still attached route , so no need to remove old pulley.

After trawling through the Focus / Ford forums/ You tube etc.I cannot find a "how to " on this.

It looks fairly simple   . . remove aux belt  . . .4 bolts hold the pump on .  BUT . . . is there a special tool to remove the 2 fluid pipes to the pump ?

The bottom one looks like it will just undo with a crows foot spanner but the top one looks like it may require something special to get it off .

Has anyone removed these 2 pipes in the past  & could you advise me of how it is done .

Have a "Haynes" on order  . . but not holding out too much hope on that giving a clear instruction on how this is done 

TIA   Al   

[Alnico Blue]

hi all
         planning a job on Swmbos 03 Focus . . . replacing the power steering pump as its now very noisy. I'm going down used replacement with pulley still attached route , so no need to remove old pulley.

After trawling through the Focus / Ford forums/ You tube etc.I cannot find a "how to " on this.

It looks fairly simple   . . remove aux belt  . . .4 bolts hold the pump on .  BUT . . . is there a special tool to remove the 2 fluid pipes to the pump ?

The bottom one looks like it will just undo with a crows foot spanner but the top one looks like it may require something special to get it off .

Has anyone removed these 2 pipes in the past  & could you advise me of how it is done .

Have a "Haynes" on order  . . but not holding out too much hope on that giving a clear instruction on how this is done 

TIA   Al   

Update:   seems there are several versions of this pump on several different engines 

A c second investigation of mine seems to show that both connections may just be ordinary hose clips      Crows foot only needed for later/alternate versions it seems . Best I wait until replacement pump arrives along the "haynes" book of bull.
Pretty sure replacement pump on order is correct one though 

[Alnico Blue]

All sorted this morning  . .  Replaced knackered pump ,no issues with pipe connections , HP was a union threaded into the bottom of the pump, LP was just a hose clip   

Bit messy getting old fluid out , but other than that easy peasy 

Much easier access with the OS headlight removed  (takes 5 mins)

Noisy rumble has gone totally  . .all good   

Brownie points scored with SWMBO

  *Haynes book was about as useful as a chocolate teapot