The power steering control valve on my friend's 1971 coupe was removed, disassembled, cleaned, media-blasted, painted and reassembled with the disappointingly few new parts that came in the rebuild kit.
This device sends compressed hydraulic fluid to a ram to help with steering based up which way the steering wheel is turned and when it is turned back towards center. It's technology that is clearly from the 1950s, making it a bit crude and mysterious at the same time.
Admittedly, odds of this long line of parts (this is only half of them, by the way) going back together correctly so it works AND it doesn't leak were slim at best. Yet, after a bit of adjustment and some tightening, it works and doesn't leak a drop. That's a vast improvement since it had a puddle of power steering fluid under my friend's car that was growing by the day.
This experience will prove useful when it comes time to rebuilding the valve on the car that is being restored.
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