That's been my experience too.  My '90 with the power steering disconnected drives
like my '72 loaf did...no sweat.  Long term, I do keep wondering whether my p.s.
rack will suffer some sort of damage from being used without the p.s. fluid
circulating through it <shrug>.

-Dana-

>
> BTW, both my wife and I don't mind the extra effort to steer the van,
> because it isn't that much.
>
> DM&FS