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TAS power steering boxes: pressures and flow rates
Outer shaft of the steering shaft was cut and a circular piece of nylon inserted to act as a bearing:
The silver piece is the hydraulic pump bolted to the rear of the air compressor:
Steering box installed; steering shaft comes in from the...
I am posting the pictures for this member who kindly texted them to me! He is (self-declared) picture upload challenged.
He says: "We put a TAS 65 powersteering box on ours
( got it new from vanderhags) $400, it’s
off of a big snow plow. a cat
hydraulic pump. $129( bolts to the back of the...
Well, you will have the tranny out. Unless your clutch is near new upon inspection, why would you not change it NOW? Unless you simply enjoy pulling the tranny. Same for rear main seal and housing. Now is the time to inspect for leaks and for housing mods done (drain holes on inside). If...
Phew! I had considered the very same product but could not quite make sense of the pictures ("doesn't look like in my truck") so I held off. Gut feeling proved right this time.
I am working on gravel, too. A few ideas come to mind. You can make a "protector" for the spindle threads out of a short piece of PVC pipe. Cut that piece open lengthwise and remove a strip, leaving you with a 3/4 circle that you can snap over the spindle. Then you can pull the brake drum all...
FWIW, I replaced the dog bone ends with the Heim type joints (Erik's surplus) and the rear end is way less jumpy than it was with the rubber encased OEM type joints. I run 11.00-20 radials, at 65 psi in the rear.
Here is the thread with a link to the "gringeltaube" mod...
I "commuted" in my Deuce a few times. From a rural area into the city, about 50 km (30 miles) one way.
CAN it do it? Yes.
Is it stressful? YES.
First off, you are a slowpoke, no matter how you turn it. You are slower than most commuter (and commercial) traffic, everybody is in a hurry and...
I would pull the tank off the truck. It is easy to do. Disconnect the electrical connection, disconnect fuel supply and return line and vent line, remove two bolts from the tank straps and slide it out!
I would take the fuel sending unit and the in-tank pump out. That gives you a big hole to...
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