HJ47 power steering
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No and no. The HJ47 only shows as a manual steering box. If you want you can try grafting a box on from a BJ4#, the box will probably fit but then you still need a pump and blah blah blah....
How about the FJ/HJ45?
Yes that should work.
I was advised to get an HJ 60 steering box. Not as bolt-on, but much better steering. A friend did that on his HJ-47 troopy and says it has much less steering play than the factory ps on his fj40 LX.
I have an HJ60 box coming from OZ for the troopy. We'll see how the install goes, but it's supposed to be fairly straight forward. Trim the fender near the PS box and modify the steering column are the two main mods.
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I'm in the process of fitting power steering to my LHD 47 series. I got a hold of a pre-1984 60 series engine mount for the the 2H, one which has a mounting tab for the vane pump. I mounted the pump down in the lower right front side of the engine, which is where the factory mounted it in 60 series apps.. The 47's never had p/s from the factory, as Dave in Hyogo-ken pointed out.
In the 47 there isn't much room around the radiator lower inlet pipe, as the vane pump pulley ends up quite close. At a minimum, the inlet neck needs to be modified - either have it angled 45˚ to the right, or relocated 1.5" over to the right. Another forum member, Waltrob, has done this swap and you might want to look at some of his pictures in the diesel section, in a thread entitled '2H to 12HT' or something like that. He had to modify his rad support frame to move the rad far enough forward for clearance, but that doesn't look to be a problem on my truck.
With a RHD truck you may have some luck obtaining a FJ45 power steering gearbox from Australia. In my case, I was trying to get a hold of a LHD Toyota steering box, but the prices on those are just whacked. I managed to score a Bandeirante power steering box and pedestal, and so far it looks like it will fit, albeit the exhaust pipe comes a bit close and will need additional shielding. this issue would disappear with the fitting of a 60 series or Scout p/s box, but I chose not to go that route, despite the many advantages, because I didn't want to hack into my inner fender and shock tower (or replace the shock tower with a Ford 150 tower ).
After the pump and gearbox are figured out, you will need to modify your steering column shaft, one way or another, as the power head takes up space. Then you will need to figure out a good spot for the reservoir (I'm putting mine on the left side fender apron in front of the air cleaner), and locate the fluid hardlines. A little tranny cooler seems like a wise idea for the steering fluid cooling as well.
In the 47 there isn't much room around the radiator lower inlet pipe, as the vane pump pulley ends up quite close. At a minimum, the inlet neck needs to be modified - either have it angled 45˚ to the right, or relocated 1.5" over to the right. Another forum member, Waltrob, has done this swap and you might want to look at some of his pictures in the diesel section, in a thread entitled '2H to 12HT' or something like that. He had to modify his rad support frame to move the rad far enough forward for clearance, but that doesn't look to be a problem on my truck.
With a RHD truck you may have some luck obtaining a FJ45 power steering gearbox from Australia. In my case, I was trying to get a hold of a LHD Toyota steering box, but the prices on those are just whacked. I managed to score a Bandeirante power steering box and pedestal, and so far it looks like it will fit, albeit the exhaust pipe comes a bit close and will need additional shielding. this issue would disappear with the fitting of a 60 series or Scout p/s box, but I chose not to go that route, despite the many advantages, because I didn't want to hack into my inner fender and shock tower (or replace the shock tower with a Ford 150 tower ).
After the pump and gearbox are figured out, you will need to modify your steering column shaft, one way or another, as the power head takes up space. Then you will need to figure out a good spot for the reservoir (I'm putting mine on the left side fender apron in front of the air cleaner), and locate the fluid hardlines. A little tranny cooler seems like a wise idea for the steering fluid cooling as well.
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Toyota steering boxes cost, sorry, they all seem expensive. But if you are stuck and you want new and quality there are few options.
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some options:
-Toyota Bandierante p/s box
-buying a 40 p/s box housing, and fitting mini-truck p/s guts into it
-modifying the pedestal to accept a mini-truck box
-60 series box (goodbye center pivot and drag link, hello Ford shock tower and custom steering shaft linkage)
Then there are the other bits:
-vane pump (no problem finding a 2H one with an engine mount from an early 60 series that will bolt right into place)
-radiator inlet neck needs to be moved sideways and angled 45˚ to the side to clear the vane pump pulley
-Toyota p/s fluid hard lines are unobtainuim, so you will need to fabricate something or get it made at a hose and hydraulic shop.
-p/s reservoir can come from many possible Toyota truck donors, and will likely need a bracket fabbed up to mount it somewhere.
It's very do-able.
-Toyota Bandierante p/s box
-buying a 40 p/s box housing, and fitting mini-truck p/s guts into it
-modifying the pedestal to accept a mini-truck box
-60 series box (goodbye center pivot and drag link, hello Ford shock tower and custom steering shaft linkage)
Then there are the other bits:
-vane pump (no problem finding a 2H one with an engine mount from an early 60 series that will bolt right into place)
-radiator inlet neck needs to be moved sideways and angled 45˚ to the side to clear the vane pump pulley
-Toyota p/s fluid hard lines are unobtainuim, so you will need to fabricate something or get it made at a hose and hydraulic shop.
-p/s reservoir can come from many possible Toyota truck donors, and will likely need a bracket fabbed up to mount it somewhere.
It's very do-able.