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#46381 06/17/2005 2:18 PM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 363 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 363 | I know we have a couple of hydraulics guys out there. Any ideas on hooking up a later model hydroboost system if I'm not going to put power steering in?
Here's the normal installation
PS pump high pressure to HydroBoost
HB high pressure to Steering Gear
HB low pressure to PS pump
SG low pressure to PS pump
special pumps are used that have two return lines
Can I send the HB high pressure output through hydraulic hose that is double clamped to return it to the pump through the second return nipple? Is there a valve I can use to lower the pressure and return it to the pump. Should I have a high pressure fitting welded into the PS pump resevoir to return the HP output from the hydroboost unit?
Thanks,
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#46382 06/17/2005 10:06 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | We used to run step vans that had Hydro-boost without power-steering. You just run a pressure hose & return hose & block off the remaining outlets. 
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | |
#46383 06/18/2005 1:27 AM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 363 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 363 | WbR,
The manual I have says that hydrboost was available without power steering, do I plug the HP out of the hydroboost or just run it back to the pump?
Paul at hydroboost says I have to mimic a power steering gear to drop the pressure from 1500 to 100 with some sort of valves.
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#46384 06/18/2005 10:00 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | He probably knows more than I do but we had a bunch of them back in the mid 70s. The pressure hose went in & returned by the return hose. The amount of pressure depends on boost requirement.
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