Power steering mark 2
To adapt to the hydraulic pump which came with the compressor which came off a bus, I welded a 3/8" JIC fitting to an old power steering hose I had lying around which was long enough to reach the hydraulic brake booster, on the other end I welded the fitting from the dodge ram power steering hose (Which I had bought for the fitting at the other end).
The banjo fitting which use to fix to the toyota power steering pump fits the out port on the hydro boost unit, this hose then goes to the steering box.
The return line from the hydro boost I've run along the fire wall, the return from the steering box I've left alone running along the front chassis cross member to get a bit of air flow over it.
I'm using the toyota reservoir which I've mounted in the corner of the engine bay
I hit up my mate at cummins, to time the compressor to the engine the notch on the housing needs to line up with the line on the gear and has to be bolted up with the engine at top dead centre.
I took the front cover off to check there is some lash in the compressor gear, just to help me sleep at night
Turns out Japanese coffee bottles work well as a front main seal tool.
What I had to do to make the intercooler fit around the brake master cylinder now that it sticks out further.
trying to save money on another bend probably cost me more in argon.
My plan was to tie the compressor intake into the engine intake after the filter but after hearing the compressor running, I don't want to hear that sound through the snorkel right next to my window. So what I reckon Ill do is have an air filter under the bonnet that it usually draws through and a 3 way ball valve to redirect the intake to draw through the snorkel for river crossings so I don't hydrolock the compressor.
Cheers
I'm having a prick of a time trying to bleed the air out of the hydroboost system, the reservoir isn't at the highest point in the system but I don't think that's causing the problem.
I'm starting to think the problem might be the toyota reservoir cant keep up with how much oil the big pump needs because of the mesh screen in the bottom of it. But I've never mucked around with hydroboost before and I could be missing something.
Id appreciate any advice because googles not helping
Cheers
That’s frustrating! Could you rig up a makeshift reservoir and run bigger hoses to it? Something like an oil jug with the hoses stuck in just for testing purposes to rule out the reservoir issue.
The reverse lights,
This is the plug that went to the autotragic, the black wire with the white stripe and the black wire with the red stripe went to the neutral safety switch so these got soldered together and heat shrunk.
The yellow wire is ignition power and the red wire with the black stripe goes to the reverse lights, so these got wired to the reverse switch on the gearbox.
While I was playing auto sparky I thought id have a go at making the dash look less like a christmas tree,
the cummins doesn't have an oil level sensor in the sump but i would like to retrofit one when I have the sump off, so i used a bit of wire to jump the connections in the plug that went to the toyota sensor and taped it up to make the light on the dash turn off.
To make the turbo light go out I cut off the plug that went to the toyota turbo pressure sensor and soldered the green wire with the white stripe to the green wire with the red stripe, this sorted out the turbo light and some how made the preheat light go out as well.
