Outer Limits 4x4 Board

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

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

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

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

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

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

thanks Shane Mulcahy

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

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

Mulcahy wrote: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?

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,