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08-08-2003, 12:34 AM
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Adding power steering ?
I just bought a 69 3/4 4x4 that does not have ps. I want to add it and wanted to make sure this is a bolt up job. Do I just bolt on a power steering pump, change out the manual steering box for a power steering box and I am done? Any help and advice would be much appreciated. Especially where to pick up a good ps box and pump, can I use them out of the 73 and newer trucks?
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08-08-2003, 02:30 AM
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go bucks!
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Location: MIAMISBURG OHIO USA
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yup, ......might wanna pick up the hoses though!!lol! pretty easy mod. just make sure you have the pulley to drive the pump...and they're in line correctly.
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08-08-2003, 02:47 AM
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Ive done the complete job in a bit more than an hour. Cake walk
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08-08-2003, 02:59 AM
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to add, May need to change out the pitman arm, the Hole diamention is smaller on a manual than on the PS one
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08-08-2003, 03:18 AM
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 Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Rockville,In. USA
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You will need a gearbox, hoses, pump, pump brackets, pitman arm & a integral power steering coupler. Watch out using 78 and newer pumps they went to using metric fittings at the hoses so don't mix a early pump with later gearbox or visa-versa.
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08-08-2003, 06:52 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: WIS
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ps
That's the best mod you'll ever do to a 4x4. They drive like a tank without it, and like a truck after.
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08-08-2003, 11:04 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Farmers Branch, Tx
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cant go without the power steering
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