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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: vitara guy on October 01, 2008, 06:17:21

Title: power steering
Post by: vitara guy on October 01, 2008, 06:17:21

Guys is there a way i can fit power steering to my 2 1/4 90.. my crank shaft pulley only has 1 band groove..and im unsure if i will have bolt holes on the side of the engine to take the pump.. can anyone offer any advice?

Title: Re: power steering
Post by: Les Henson on October 01, 2008, 08:17:34

I think the PAS conversion is a straight swap - the PAS box bolts where your current one is - same holes, plus all the other gubbins needed.


Les.

Title: Re: power steering
Post by: Range Rover Blues on October 03, 2008, 00:03:07

Think about this, the RRC used a single 13mm belt to drive the PAS pump, which had a twin pulley, this in turn runs the alternator via a second belt.  The wate rpump/air conn is the same.  There are 4 belts in turn.

If you source the PAS pump from a V8 you might then be able to space the alternator forwards and use the twin pulley in the same way.  Also because the alternator pulls to the opposite side than the crank there is less side-load on the PAS pump puller/bearings & bracket.  With a bit of fabricating you should be able to fatsen it to 3 or 4 fairly humble looking fixings on the engine.