Replaced the leaky PS hose the other day. I'd been suspecting it was the rack and pinion all along, but finally had my son turn the steering wheel while I was under there. Turned out it was a pressure hose. Ordered it from RockAuto and was delivered in 3 days. Much cheaper than local parts store.
I replaced it and had to use some heavy weight engine oil I'd bought to run on the 4.3 to get it back together since I was out of PS fluid . The label had fallen off the bottle. I have since bought some PS fluid. Should I just leave it as is or flush it?
Also swapped seats. Truck had the fancy leather seats and console, which I've never really liked. Leather seats were worn pretty bad. I'd gotten a quote for vinyl recovering for a $1200!
I just decided to swap to the cloth seats. $150 and came with a jump seat. Just have to replace the jumpseat lid. I'm happy.
and they are manual...although my brother is giving me a hard time because I got rid of the leather/console option...
oh well.
Took my wife on Friday to dinner on the old Chevy (she did notice the different seat set difference, since we'd been dating) and said it was nice.