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Today i had to fix my brother's Ford, the power steering is leaking he took it to couple of shops where they replaced a bunch of parts but it will still leak when parked, from logic only place where it will leak when cold is the reservar, so i left it over night and with a torch i found the leak coming in between the pump and the reservar, took it apart and found the reservar has changed shape and is now egg shape instead of round. So i decided to make a metal sleeve to press in it, to help it keep its shape, i started with some 14mm solid steel C45 grade, drill it with a smaller drill first then with the right size, this made lot of heat and discolored the piece, the outside needed to be little smaller then the original size of the rod, so i took my small belt sander and took couple passes and chamfer the end, then i put new o rings and some silicone and assembled it, such a ridiculous problem to have, as many problems seam to be on this mondeo.