| Author | Message | ||
| Joe Beleskey (Joebus)
Registered Member Username: Joebus Post Number: 30 Registered: 1-2001 Posted From: 74.13.57.238 Rating: N/A |
I have a 1977 MC8, with the original "power assist" steering box. I am changing to a box from a MC9 (I believe a "Sheppard". I purchased the mounting plate kit from Sam Caylor, and it looks like it shouldn't be to hard to do...... Question: what if anything do I need to do to the power steering pump....less pressure....more pressure...do nothing? Thanks Joe | ||
| Roger Dalke (Roger_d)
Registered Member Username: Roger_d Post Number: 20 Registered: 8-2007 Posted From: 205.206.150.143 Rating: N/A |
I have a Freightliner box in my mc7, and nothing done to the pump. Works great! Roger | ||
| clint hunter (Truthhunter)
Registered Member Username: Truthhunter Post Number: 438 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 24.129.232.232  Rating: N/A |
...do change filter and flush fluid while your in there, even if just to run a gallon through to where you disconnect the old and change/clean the filter , and catch what flows out (under very dangerous pressure if you start the engine for a few seconds with the system open to power flush)... .there was a good article on this modification somewhere amongst BNO non-forum, if you look for it of the main page. Might have been fred hobbes who authored it. Don't recall anything about needed a pressure modification when he installed a sheperd integrel steering box from a "cornbinder" | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 936 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 76.200.209.136  Rating: N/A |
Many hydraulic systems have a filter in the low pressure return line. Might make sense as there sure cheap enough insurance. However our Sportscar is manual and the new VL is Air O Matic , so I dont know id there IS a low pressure return. FF | ||
| Ralph Peters (Ralph7)
Registered Member Username: Ralph7 Post Number: 43 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 206.251.5.175 Rating: N/A |
The filter is in the resivor, on MCI an TMC. | ||
| David Lower (Dave_l)
Registered Member Username: Dave_l Post Number: 191 Registered: 11-2007 Posted From: 67.58.201.132  Rating: N/A |
Roger what year and model of freightliner did the box come from. I am interested in doing something similar in my MC7. Dave L |