[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Funny this came up, I came to the board thinking about a post for this. I rebuilt my 402 truck from the ground up and hired a shop for the maiden start. He rebuilt the carb and scored me a choke, and I stop at tuning carbs, for now. Got to have a runner to bleed and prime, so they did that as well as prime the engine first. I asked them to prime the power steering per the recommendation of the guy who rebuilt the box and pump, but then they've been doing this for years.

Then again I don't know what they did, because the steering box sprung a leak day one, and one day it was BAD. Oh snap, a do over at some point, gross. Wouldn't be the first a seal or o-ring went bad here, it's dry and a lot of my parts sat around a while. Anyway, I thought to prime the system "again", did this and wow, the leak quit.

Jack up the front and remove the reservoir cap, fill it up to something reasonable, check often and fill as needed.

Turn wheels stop to stop, many times, some say 30. If the fluid is milky or bubbly let it settle before starting over again. I ran additional sequences with the front jacked up and the engine running, just cuz.

Drop the truck, run engine and same as above. Install cap.

Not sure why, but the rebuilder didn't suggest running sequences with the tires off the ground, first...............hmm. On a side, FWW, the rebuilder says do not use synthetics, the seals can't take it. I used ACDelco ATF Type III, though Dexron IV is another option for non-synthetic.