power steering in 40 series failure

[Mulcahy]

Hi everyone

i put a powersteering box out of a 40 series landcruiser and powered that with a hj60 series bottom mount pump, both of which were reconditioned, i found that the resivour was getting to hot to touch when the ute was only idling, and it never seemed to have a centre when driving, then about 500km on the pump it failed and pumped all the fluid out through the seals, so i am wondering if anyone has any ideas why this happend, i am only running 31 10.5 r15 duramax tyres, and its a old 2h

thanks Shane Mulcahy

[sadam_husain]

did you check you had the high pressure and return hoses around the right way?

[GUtripper]

Did you keep the original pulley on the pump or swap it for a smaller one?

[Mulcahy]

hi thanks for the replys and as far as i know the pulley was the same as standard, and also the hoses should have been the right way into the box cause it was working a treat apart from getting hot

thanks Shane Mulcahy

[Mulcahy]

would someone be able to post some pictures of there setup with a standard 40 series power steering box and 60 series pump, only asking because pictures in the bible are all gone and i cant check what i have done wrong

thanks
Shane Mulcahy

[Mulcahy]

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here are the pictures of my setup, pls tell me what could be wrong

thanks Shane Mulcahy

[CRUZAAMAD]

you know for a fact the pump and stuff was rebuilt or going of their word when you bought it ?

one on ebay at the minute going for a 1g original 40series

[Mulcahy]

well i got the pump and box rebuilt myself by a well known power steering shop

[Hilux_Ryan]

well i got the pump and box rebuilt myself by a well known power steering shop

I'd go and speak to them about it.

I would have taken it to see them when I noticed things were getting hot on initial installation.

Did it have some type of cooler? even just a pipe loop across the front to try and take some heat out of the fluid?

[Mulcahy]

i have spoke to them and as it sat awhile before being installed and run they are not warranting anything, and i was wondering if there is a releif valve in the pump or box that could have caused the problem, and no the pipe runs straight from resivour to pump and back directly, i am going to put a cooler in when i fix it up

thanks Shane Mulcahy,