FJ55 Power Steering (1 Viewer)

[sjpitts]

I have a previous owner installed power steering conversion on my 72 FJ55. The PO did a shackle reversal, double shocks, body lift, Fj60 front axle swap at the same time.

The problem is that I have a serious leak in my power steering gear, and no idea what type of gear it is. Here is a picture.

http://home.netcom.com/~j_pitts/index.html

Can anyone help me out?

The gear has 31600 on the back side, a 7Y2, OK, and N25 on the back side. I have heard several guesses, with the two best being that it is a nissan truck steering gear, or an FJ60 steering gear that has been reversed.

Here are more pictures

http://home.netcom.com/~j_pitts/id1.html

Thanks

Jared

PS-- I hope that site works, it was my first attempt at making something and putting up pictures.

 

[Landpimp]

99% sure it's not fj60 or anything Toyota. Other then that......I would guess something American.

John H

 

[zipp]

I don't think it's FJ60... Here's some pics of a FJ60 box on my 70 FJ55.

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~bzipp/psbox/

 

[Texican]

I have seen those fitting before, 99 percent sure they are Japanese, Nissan, Mazda,Mitsi all use the outside frame mounted gearbox with a rearward pitman arm like this.
Are ya' registered on the Pirate board?
Gen 4x4 might be a good place to ask and get out of the Cruiser specialists.
Butch

 

[Texican]

I cross posted it, check over here.
Butch
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=196576

 

[sjpitts]

[quote author=Texican link=board=1;threadid=7873;start=msg66419#msg66419 date=1069470616]
I cross posted it, check over here.
Butch
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=196576
[/quote]

Thanks Butch, I appreciate the cross post. We get this on enough lists, and we are sure to find a steering box guru.

BTW, I know you are the rams horn exhaust guru. I having been planning on contacting you to get all the details on what type of rams horn will work with the stock cross over you recommend.

I bought a set from a lister, but when they arived they had outputs that curved back toward the firewall-- not straight down. I did not know such things existed or I would have asked before I bought them.

In any event, I don't think they will work

I see sets on ebay all the time, but I am never sure if they will work either.

Anyway, thanks again for the cross post

Jared

 

[John S]

It looks just like the one Classic Cruisers uses on thier FJ55 P/S setup. Look at Classiccuisers.Com under conversions. HTH

 

[Poser]

[quote author=sjpitts
BTW, I know you are the rams horn exhaust guru. I having been planning on contacting you to get all the details on what type of rams horn will work with the stock cross over you recommend.


Is this what you are looking for?

http://www.paceparts.com/subcatmfgprod.asp?0=405&1=407&2=1084

 

[sjpitts]

[quote author=Poser link=board=1;threadid=7873;start=msg67670#msg67670 date=1069736799]
Is this what you are looking for?

http://www.paceparts.com/subcatmfgprod.asp?0=405&1=407&2=1084
[/quote]

Yeah-- I think so. According to some lenghty Pirate threads, it is a two inch exhaust that you need-- I think there are some 2.5 inch ones out there--but I don't know if there is a stock cross-over for them. I am also not sure about those mounting brackets that appear to be on some of manifolds. And I am also about injection ports-- some seem to have them, others don't.

I have seen sets go on ebay for around 25 dollars a pair. They may have been the wrong ones though.

Jared