Hi all,
Was driving my car tonight, all the sudden I start hearing an extra clickety clack over the general diesel chug. It didn't matter if I was idling, or moving along (I was in traffic), and then I noticed the temperature climing high. On my car, it stays right above 80 (Celcius I assume), occasionally goes up higher, but comes right down. It just kept going up. I pulled her over and started diagnosing. About that time I noticed that the belt that goes to the power steering pump, as well as the fan, had stopped. When it comes on, it has the awful clatter. Mostly its off though. And then of course, with the belt to the power steering pump not going, I lost power steering. I drove it home (short distance) stopping twice to let her cool down so as to not overheat.

I'm not as mechanically savvy as I wish I was, so forgive me, but whats going wrong here? Some type of clutch that isn't engaging properly, or is it the water pump? And as an aside, how bad is it to drive without power steering? It will stay where it is for now, until fixed, but earlier it was either drive home or get towed, so I opted to drive the 5 or so miles.

Thanks in advance.

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1985 300D, 237k.
1994 F-350, 6.9 diesel, 5 spd manual, Banks Turbo. 261k.
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