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yes thank you racer65, seems like a good easy solution for power steering. I may try this on my 1972....
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yes thank you racer65, seems like a good easy solution for power steering. I may try this on my 1972....
Oh man, I wish you did't say your truck is a '72.
You have a one piece steering column don't you? Can't do EPS with these without going through a lot of effort.why? are you referring to the column shifting linkage? I have already converted to a floor stick shift.
You have a one piece steering column don't you? Can't do EPS with these without going through a lot of effort.
31x10.50 on the tires. 2.5 inch lift.
Update**
Got all the wiring hooked up. You need to run one thick red wire to the batt (always hot) and the other thinner red wire to switched power. I also mounted my adjustment knob just under the drivers side bolt that holds the steering column to the dash.
I decided to run these wires directly off the two blades on the fuse box that were not being used.
The reason is because it's very convenient and close to each other.
Anyway... hooked it up, turned the key and bam I have power steering. It wasn't as much assist as I thought it would be, but I think that's a good thing. Definitely not a one finger assist.
It also had a slight kick back a couple of times. Not sure what that is. I will give it a road test on the next sunny day.
Have you had a chance to test out the system further? I asked the factory about the kick-back. They are not sure exactly what that means, but they said if the voltage drops to below 10.5 V or so, the system might power down momentarily. Therefore, the preferred setup is to connect the "30+" wire directly to the battery as opposed to the fuse box. Not saying that's the cause but it's worth checking. The easiest way to check is to measure the voltage at the ECU connector and see if the voltage holds under load. Do this with the engine running of course.
Wow. Congratulations. Maybe you should also look under the carpet and find some gold nuggets...
Okay, so completely out of left field......
I was reading up on this thread, considering the possibilty of getting one of these systems for my BJ. I made my way to the ezpowersteering.nl website and upon clicking brands, and then toyota, noticed the blue cruiser in the pictures looked familiar.
I swore to my better half "this looks just like mine!". Low and behold, it is my cruiser. I went out tonight and verified that sure enough, my BJ45 has what looks like an early version of this electric steering installed. I saw the wiring going from the driver battery to the fuse panel when I picked her up, but initially wrote it off as for the 12v aftermarket stereo. I hadn't had a chance to really look under the dash to figure out what the small switch and dial (potentiometer) were for but you can be damned sure I just went out and checked... Too cool! I don't think it is activated or hooked up so I will grab my DVOM and check things out better in the daylight this weekend.
Here are some pics (sorry for the bad light - night shot). I've no idea when/where/how it was installed but please let me know if you have any comments or questions about it.
Awesome!Racer, I'm in Italy right now. I just got the rig a couple weeks ago from the Netherlands.
I went through the wiring and found one of the wires going from the motor relay box (control unit?) to the assist adjustment knob was pulled out. Hooked it up and it works great. I can't believe how much of a difference it makes in slow driving conditions - like parking this beast in small Italian spaces