Jetstar 88

The power steering fluid cap on my 1964 Jetstar 88 is leaking badly, thanks to the dry-rotted rubber seal. Is there any source of new ones for these cars? I haven't had any luck finding one at parts stores or through Google searches.

This is the most similar pump I could find: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-Oldsmob...6f11b8&vxp=mtr

Tedd Thompson

I don't know if the gasket in question is flat or round, If flat you probably could cut one out of thick gasket material, if round try finding a O ring that size at a industrial supply house , they usually have a large selection with all kinds of diameters and thickness....Just a thought....Tedd

TK-65

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GM-Power-Ste...7130c1&vxp=mtr

jaunty75

For $40, I think I'd try Tedd's idea first. After all, it's under the cap. Who would ever see it?

Jetstar 88

I think i'll go ahead and cut a new one. $40 for a NOS cap, which is probably just as dry-rotted as the seal on mine right now, is too much.

Octania

FUSICK for repro part

the NOS one looks great to me
40 years of NOT putting up with the underhood environment

Or... resurrect your old one with some gasket material.

jaunty75

Fusick does not show anything like this in either their big car catalog or their Cutlass catalog. They have fuel filler caps, radiator caps, and oil fill tube caps, but no power steering fluid reservoir caps. I'm guessing there just isn't a demand for something like this.

This whole conversation made me go out in the garage just now and look at the cap and seal on the reservoir on my '67 Delta 88. Until now, I never paid any attention to it (other than to remove it and look inside to check the fluid level). The rubber seal looks almost as good as new, and it's just a simple ring. It looks like it wouldn't be too difficult to cut something to match it out of a piece of gasket material.