VIP Steering Wheel Size

[Gary Miller]

Ahhh. The old steering wheel size debate.

If your power steering goes out, and you're moving, my experience is
that the adrenaline is high, and the steering wheel being a couple
inches smaller in diameter doesn't matter much because slight changes
aren't that hard to make. City driving will be out of the question
in any case, regardless of steering wheel size.

What is important is preventing the power steering failure in the
first place (which is extremely rare, by the way). Have a good belt
on it, have a good pump (no leaks), and you may want to install a
vent in the reservoir since it should have one and likely doesn't if
it's an FC in the '83 to '86 range (don't know about PT's). Fluid
expands when it's hot and if there's no vent, it hurts the seals and
oozes at the hose connections.

Flat tire? Had those too. Wheel size is not important, they're very
controllable if you don't panic and over-correct. Again, prevention
is key, run good tires.

This experience comes from helping Jeff buy old FC's and get them
home for restoration. Eventially, we wised up and just replaced all
the tires b4 heading home.

Gary Miller
83 FC 33 - For Sale
Milwaukee area