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OK here's a thing ...coming out of the car park yesterday at the hospital in Iraklion 2 and a half hours from home .. I was on hard lock and the power steering stopped working ..the dashboard red light came on with a steering fail message ....So I got a local guy I know to plug in a lap top and it said motor ..no code he says "no part's available here speak to fiat" ...clearly not interested in helping ....so I drove home. It was OK on the main road but hard work on the twisty bit up our mountain .... It seems I can get a replacement from the UK for around £150 inc delivery and one from Italy that looks like it might be a recon unit for £250 ish ...they have the same part numbers ..I have not yet had a look at mine to compare ....for some reason the ePER link I downloaded is not working and I just get error message 666 when I try to have a look at what the power steering components look like and whether the left hand drive unit is the same as the right hand drive unit on the Idea. So ...has anyone swapped a EPS unit on a 2004 Idea, and do I need any special tools , and are the units handed ...any advice...?