Real time help (Power Steering Pump Reservoir Removal)

[worldspan]

Got the pump off completely and the 3 bolts that hold the reservoir to the pump but to no avail the reservoir won't budge. Am i missing something here? I would gladly love to buy a complete reservoir/pump combo but nobody sells them together attached unless i pay buku money.

Is there another bolt/screw/thinga-majig that i just don't see to get this reservoir off?

i THINK I'M LOSING IT! Thanks for all your help from this forum by the way.

 

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Update

Got it off however, i pried the cap off to see if there was a bolt holding the pump and reservoir together at the bottom of the reservoir but there wasn't...however, there WAS a filter that i ripped through at the bottom of the reservoir...

is this filter/screen mandatory for me to operate my pump without it?

It seems as if it was there to keep huge chunks of whatever from getting into the steering system but I'm thinking i could do w/o it? Am i thinking like a newbie?

 

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P/S filter

Need advice please

 

[dtrain]

Did you end up getting this off? Doing one tonight

 

[chesshircat]

You just have to pull hard, the reservior has a rubber o ring the seals it in the pump, only the 2 small bolts on the rear hold it on...I think, its been a while