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Mondeo 2004 power steering pump bolt

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#1 ·
Hi, I've bought a new(not new but second hand) power steering pump and taken the old one half way off, it's been whining and leaking for ages but just got round to doing it, got to the last bolt which was the metal pipe that goes in to the top of the power steering pump and I cannot loosen than for love nor money, I read somewhere it's tack welded and somewhere it's not, the used pump I've bought has got a nice clean thread for the pipe to screw in to so they must've removed it ok any ideas?
Unless the metals fused somehow from the pump overheating because it's been busted for a while and I've been driving like it??
Any ideas would be hugely appreciated, spent 2 hours removing and trying to undo this bolt today many thanks
 
#3 ·
Hi thanks for the reply, is the union the big bolt bit attached to the pump? Because the bolt above that that looks like it attaches to that by screwing in to it just won't undo, I've tried hammers with screwdrivers, 2 spanners, adjustables and it just won't budge, the picture is here and they won't separate, I'm assuming they're supposed to, it looks like it's fused together
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=0CAUQjB1qFQoTCOzdpoWQz8cCFYe4FAodTQkPFw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkford.com%2Fcommunity%2Ftopic%2F195277-tdci-power-steering-failure%2F&ei=PhXiVezGIYfxUs2SvLgB&psig=AFQjCNGxidrqqA2jmueQwdVNlYAbnzI6QQ&ust=1440966332809616&rct=j
 
#5 ·
If anyone has removed a power steering pump on a mondeo pleassseee reply, really can't find any more info on this, plus when it was half out I opened the pump case cos I could see the gasket was knackered so I need to get a new gasket too for the second hand pump I bought, Is that something fords will sell?
But mainly this bloody bolt thing, there must be a way
 
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