help identify minitruck power steering gear box

[ejcivicdee]

Updated 5/15/12

I bought this from a mud member about a few week ago and he said it is a 4wd gear box from an 80'. I believe its from a '79 from what i read they made the return line smaller then then high pressure line for a 79(not sure why). I tried installing it today however, I realized the fitting does not fit that came with the jt outfitters kit as shown in the picture. Is this a 4wd gear box or 2wd?

the part number jt outfitters sent me for the return nipple is 44416-35020. I then order 44416-34010 from toyota. That did not work either. I believe the fitting to be 14x1.5mm. I don't have time to make it to the junk yards on the weekends so I prefer to order something online. Does anyone know what size the return nipple is for a '79 4wd power steering or is there something i can rig from home depot/autozone? thanks
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[ejcivicdee]

Help please

 

[ejcivicdee]

Help; lease

 

[myquestoyota]

I remember reading several threads about this when I was looking at PS options. I don't have the answer for you, sorry, but have you done an exhausting thread search? I know it can be daunting but I'm sure your question is answered somewhere already. I recall this very question. Good luck, I will be doing the same some day.

 

[John Smith]

You have the correct power steering gear box for "mini truck" power steering install into a 40. The Toyota return fitting I have listed that will work is part number 44416-34010. There is also another fitting that is straight but I don't have that part number.

 

[CruiserStuff]

Toyota PN 44416-34010 is the return nipple I used.....from a T100 IIRC. I think, though, there are other nipples that would work. Here's a link to my thread: https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-seri...d-power-steering-oem-pump-mini-truck-box.html

I'm not positive, but I remember that one from a '91-'92 FJ80 looked like it would work, too, but I don't have a PN.

 

[tugdogsfj40]

i picked up mine from a junkyard 2 weeks ago for 3 bucks. i remember seeing a thread on here that said on certain years there was a different size.

 

[Pin_Head]

on certain years there was a different size.

That is my recollection too. You can find a return fitting in the junk yard. Many Japanese cars and trucks will have something that works. Just take your box with you.

 

[ejcivicdee]

so the return nipple is smaller then the thread on the high pressure? if this is so, what is the part number for this return nipple so i can order it. Thanks

 

[CruiserStuff]

Yes, that is correct (at least that was the case on my install). The correct part number (again, in my case) is listed in a couple of the responses above.....

 

[Mace]

IIRC normally the return is actually a larger diameter thread pattern than the pressure line is.

So having a smaller one is pretty odd.

Typically the fittings are 16 and 17mm

 

[CruiserStuff]

I remember that the hi-pressure hose was 16mm inverted flare.....and that the return was a different size.....I THOUGHT it was smaller, but could easily be wrong. All I know is the PN I posted worked for me!

 

[ejcivicdee]

up ttt

 

[SteveH]

I ran into one minitruck PS box with an oddball smallish fitting, and while I was at the boneyard, I found a Nissan 4x4 truck and the return PS fitting screwed right into the Toyota box. Bring a few tools and go shopping at the pick-and-pull.

 

[Mace]

get some random coarse spline metric bolts and figure out what the actual thread pitch is..

 

[Hugh Heifer]

Interestingly enough, I have the same box. The pressure fitting and the return lines are the exact same size and thread. I too ordered a 44416-34010 and it did not fit - it was far too big. (Which led me to this thread.)[STRIKE] The threads are the same as that on a FJ60 high pressure side so if you have a broken or bad HP line you could use that nut and flare a tube or cut the end off the HP tube.[/STRIKE]
Edit: That is wrong. I just checked and they are smaller than the pressure side.

Anyone have an idea on the part number?

With Poser we discovered it is a 14mm x 1.5 thread.

 

[Hugh Heifer]

So I tried one of these because I could get it locally:


It did not work because the nut bottomed out before the o-ring hit. Next I am going to try one of these:



Or something similar with the small brass inverted flare adapter in the hole.

I have been unable to find a 14mm x 1.50 threaded inverted flare nut to run some 5/16 or similar steel tubing through.

 

[Hugh Heifer]

You have the correct power steering gear box for "mini truck" power steering install into a 40. The Toyota return fitting I have listed that will work is part number 44416-34010. There is also another fitting that is straight but I don't have that part number.

The straight fitting is the 44416-35020. It is also too big.

I am still in search of a 14mm x 1.5 return fitting.

 

[Plowboy]

look on any older toyota in the bone yard. I took a small one off a corolla yrs ago.

 

[Pin_Head]

get some random coarse spline metric bolts and figure out what the actual thread pitch is..

Naaah Just go to the Pick N Pull and get a hand full of different thread Japanese return fittings. For sure, one or more will work. While you are there get a bunch of Toyota hazard switches to sell to the FZJ80 people for center diff lock switches for $20 a pop to pay for your time.