RE: [ihc] David's dilemma some more

["Jim Grammer" <jgrammer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mac McMuffin [mailto:mac@domain.elided]
>Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 9:07 AM
>To: Jim Grammer; ihc@domain.elided
>Subject: RE: [ihc] David's dilemma some more

>hey Jim (and/or anybody else), what about the original factory power
>steering that was available for the B series?  do you have any knowledge or
>experience with those?  the B182, which i've acquired from Joel, has one of
>those setups, albeit in a slightly dysfunctional state at the moment.
>apparently it uses an engine-mounted hydraulic pump and some sort of
>hydraulic ram which is supposed to be mounted, as near as i can tell, to
the
>drag link (currently the ram isn't mounted to anything at all, it's just
>hanging under the truck).

It is as you describe, and variants were used on the light trucks through
'67. There's a hose routing diagram in MT-107 that shows the B series bits,
how they hook together, and their mounting positions. Certainly a viable
option if you can find complete. It does stick you with the stock Ross
tapered roller steering box and the 1 piece steering shaft. Since my
daughter's A T-all *will* be getting a collapsing steering column, I'm more
interested in integral p/s. That may change if I ever get around to the
A-120 utility truck, which *really* wants to wear a set of 34 x 10.50
Swamper LTB's 8)

Jim