I am in need of a power steering reservoir and I can't find one for a 1996 Top Gun w/ 502 MPI's. Tried Lipship and Hardin to no avail. Tried Merc and they don't support that part or have a part number. It's definitely the PS reservoir not a drive res. I would post a pic of my current reservoir but I don't have 10 posts yet....

nine....

a factory 502 mpi has the reservoir on the ps pump

Hardin marine said that was a weird place for it too. It has a small leak and the PS started to go out over the weekend so I filled this res up and it worked perfectly after that so it's the PS res for sure. Mechanic confirmed as well.

its been added by someone, with it out of fluid ( in the pic ) you have introduced are into the system and should be bled out.

Thanks for the heads up on that! I will have him bleed it when we find a replacement.

is one line from the cooler and other goes to the return on the pump ?

Not sure and I won't be at the boat for a week or so....is that relevant to sourcing a different type of res possibly?

Mech says yes on this.