Now has power steering! Photos later.

Got all the stuff off a breaker, all went in easy over the course of 2 leisurely mornings. About 5 hours work in total.

Problems encountered along the way:

- Needed to retap a thread in the mount
- HP hose had a pinhole leak in it, on a straight part - temp fix with some rubber pipe slid over the top with hylomar inside and a jubilee clip directly over the hole - will get a new pipe at some point (payday lol)
- bango bolt on the pump was leaking due to a duff o ring, luckily I had one of the right size in my o ring tin

Off for a test drive now!!

Ed
 
flat said:
Now has power steering! Photos later.

Got all the stuff off a breaker, all went in easy over the course of 2 leisurely mornings. About 5 hours work in total.

Problems encountered along the way:

- Needed to retap a thread in the mount
- HP hose had a pinhole leak in it, on a straight part - temp fix with some rubber pipe slid over the top with hylomar inside and a jubilee clip directly over the hole - will get a new pipe at some point (payday lol)
- bango bolt on the pump was leaking due to a duff o ring, luckily I had one of the right size in my o ring tin

Off for a test drive now!!

Ed
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Nice, I'll enjoy your critical review and photos! I have a pump and the pipes, but I don't have the box. It would be a nice to have for me, but my biggest problem is the huge turning circle. It's like a barge.
 
sp00k said:
Nice, I'll enjoy your critical review and photos! I have a pump and the pipes, but I don't have the box. It would be a nice to have for me, but my biggest problem is the huge turning circle. It's like a barge.
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Isn't yours a 90?

I dunno if the turnjng circle will be different between manual and PAS. I seem to have about a 1/3rd or maybe half a turn less lock to lock. Maybe the ratios are different and you get the same movement for less turns??

Dunno. If it's ****e I will take it off and put my manual box back in.

I fitted it as I have a bad shoulder so it should help with that, also I have to do a 74747 point turn to back into my garage lol
 
Right here go, fitted PAS from a breaker 2.5TD over 2 leisurely mornings, around 5 hours work in total.

First fitted the reservoir bottle
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then the rare mount for the 2.5na engine and the triple pulley
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Swapped the old manual box (top) for the new PAS box (bottom)
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To my relief the chassis under the old box was perfect
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Then fitted the pump itself
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ran the hydraulic lines and filled and bled the system and fitted a new belt.

Problems encountered along the way:

- Needed to retap a thread in the mount
- HP hose had a pinhole leak in it, on a straight part - temp fix with some rubber pipe slid over the top with hylomar inside and a jubilee clip directly over the hole - will get a new pipe at some point (payday lol)
- bango bolt on the pump was leaking due to a duff o ring, luckily I had one of the right size in my o ring tin

Off for a test drive now!!

Ed
 
I did the same conversion to a 1973 Jeep CJ 5.
Big difference, soooooo much nicer especially with the bigger tyres.
 
Looks like a tidy job. No mine's a 110. I don't think the power steering would affect turning circle but it will make 300 point turns easier and quicker!
 
Woah the difference is immense. I keep over correcting at roundabouts lol

My temp fix for the leaking pipe has half worked. It still leaks but is t spraying out as bad - new pipe, either from LR or pirtek to make one up.

Ed
 
Seems the hose is not that easy to get.

Options are pirtek flexi version or genuine which is £80
 
Looking good, and i bet it feels good to have all the right parts for it to fit with little fuss.

Thats an expensive bit of pipe!
 
Huddy84 said:
Looking good, and i bet it feels good to have all the right parts for it to fit with little fuss.

Thats an expensive bit of pipe!
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Yeah it is, it a banjo on one end, then a length of high pressure hose crimped into a really long complicatey bent piece of steel pipe with a flange fitting at the end.

Don't seem the be able to get it aftermarket. :(
 
Would fitting the triple pulley and damper unit make the engine feel smoother when accelerating?

The one I put on felt a bit heavier than the twin one I took off.

Would this make a difference?

Ed
 
Changed out the leaky pas pipe, new dowty washers on the pump and O rings everywhere else and no leaks :) will take it for a long test drive tomorrow :)
 
finally finished fitting steering stuff, last thing was the steering guard bar thingy

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Also remounted my CB and added in a second map reading light as i have zero internal illumination in the cab.

For the Cb i ran wires in conduit straight up from the battery into the light blue junction box (i had it spare) with a 12v accessory on the end, CB plugs into this with a lighter socket plug, straight off battery is deliberate so that the light and the CB works with the engine off, the CB isnt in there all the time

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That looks a nice set-up. Does the whole metal bracket just hook over the bulkhead? I haven't had a proper go at greenlaning yet but I imagine having one of these is handy.
 
Huddy84 said:
That looks a nice set-up. Does the whole metal bracket just hook over the bulkhead? I haven't had a proper go at greenlaning yet but I imagine having one of these is handy.
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nah it bolts to the top then the vertical section, will take a pic for you.

I just reused the rifle mount brackets
 
flat said:
Would fitting the triple pulley and damper unit make the engine feel smoother when accelerating?

The one I put on felt a bit heavier than the twin one I took off.

Would this make a difference?

Ed
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Not really unless the one you pulled off was knackered. A harmonic damper reduces torsional vibration from the crank shaft, this resonance will rear itself at a perticular rpm but if it was bad enough to cause you grief while accelerating I doubt your crank shaft would have lasted.
Saying that I dont think the none PS / AC pulley has a harmonic damper , does it?
 
nobber said:
Not really unless the one you pulled off was knackered. A harmonic damper reduces torsional vibration from the crank shaft, this resonance will rear itself at a perticular rpm but if it was bad enough to cause you grief while accelerating I doubt your crank shaft would have lasted.
Saying that I dont think the none PS / AC pulley has a harmonic damper , does it?
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No, mine doesn't it's just 2 pulleys on a central metal lump if you see what I mean, the new one was 3 pulleys and a large metal thing in the back that looks similar to the old pulley but bigger and heavier.

Normanlaw - steering thing was a doddle to fit, took about 20mins for the bar and about 4 hours to fit an entire pas setup with breaks for lunch and stuff
 
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