power steering fluid overfill?

I have seen this crap a couple times over the years. What`s probably going on here is as follows. The A\C probably went out and was too expensive to repair. So the owner elected to remove it from the system. Which is fine as long as it is done properly, which properly means finding the correct length belt. The person disconnecting the a\c assumed that the bets for the no a\c cars would just interchange and that`s where they screwed up. Most of the time you also have smaller pulleys on some of the accessories along with a shorter belt. So what has happened is they forced the no a\c version belt on to the pulleys made for the a\c system engine. This put double the pressure on the rest of the accessory pulleys on your engine and in turn burned the bearings out of your power steering unit. If you keep running a belt that is to tight it could also burn the bearings out of the water pump, the alternator, plus cause the front main seal to start leaking.

I would take the numbers off all my pulleys, then have a dealer ship compare those numbers to what is on the non a\c vehicles. You will probably fid that all you need to do to repair the problem is to replace a pulley or two. There is also a chance that there is an idler pulley difference. Any how the dealer will have a chart on their computer that shows the differences. I would not drive this car till it was repaired as you can cause your self a lot more problems. Do you know any one that does a lot of engine changes? They may be a world of help in your situation.

Overfilling the PS will only result in the excessive fluid leaking out of the reservoir when it heats up. if the new belt still squeaks when the wheel is turned, it may not have enough wrap on the PS pulley with the AC bypassed.

Usually nothing. If you already have a weak hose or seal it'll make it worse. Just dip a rag in it to soak it up to at least a level 1/2 inch from the top. Sometimes when it's been overfilled and you've been driving, it just bubbles out through the top. No problem

steering pump belt,s are meant to be extremely tight one of the problems you describe is a slack belt

and he be right really if belt too tight not good it wil damage other parts or snap and filling pass max not a big deal as too tight of belt is

FORD IS KNOW FOR NOISY STEERING PUMPS. THE NOISE IS NOT COMING FROM THE BELT...YOU NEED TO REPLACE THE PUMP.

GOOD LUCK