Originally Posted by Stretch

Some information that might actually help (!) =>

When I pulled my power steering pump to bits it didn't pump after I had cleaned it all out. First stop was to come on the forum to see what was what. At that time I found lots of "I don't why but it won't pump any more" threads. It turned out to be because of a dirty valve =>

W123 Vickers type 24 power steering pump questions

You might find that the pump pumps better if it has been cleaned out.

You can also do an easy drain of the whole system sans / zonder / without the turkey baster fiasco by doing this =>

What a feeling it will be! A properly adjusted W123 / W116 / W126 power steering box