I know the 1.8l 1g's, some of them, came without PS and had manual racks. I know they will work on 1g's. Just don't know about 2g's. I also heard draining the rack... the steering is a bit on the harder side then just having a manual rack. Thats what I've heard. I never heard of them locking up though as far as from removing the PS system and draining out the fluid from the rack.