rockerZ71
Sr. Member
Hey yall-
I'm going to post up what I did for my hydroboost install with a bunch of pics - never made a thread like this before, but found a lot of threads on here very helpful and people were always quick to respond to my posts when I've had questions. Hopefully this will help someone out as well.
I used a '99 F250 booster, and installed on a 1976 bronco with an EFI 5.0 (mustang serpentine setup from a '93 cobra)
I found out that I had a power steering pump that would not work well for the hydroboost, so I got a rebuilt saginaw pump from napa :
Item: P/S Pump w/ Reservoir - Remfd
Product Number: NSP 819159
Quantity: 1
Price: $45.99
Core Price: $12.00
Item Total: $57.99
I found a cap for it on amazon :
http://www.amazon.com/Spectre-Performance-1798-Steering-Dipstick/dp/B000BPZ338
Used stainless braid -6AN line for the high pressure stuff. I searched around the forum a bit to find all the fittings I needed for the booster, pump, and my stock steering box. Bought some of that stuff from summit and some from ebay, whatever was cheaper. I can post specific part numbers later.
Ordered a ps pump bracket from BC broncos which ended up not fitting either my pump or my motor. Also picked up a power steering cooler from them and a new pulley for the pump. I would not order the cooler from them again -- turns out the cooler was shipped directly from the manufacturer and there was an additional shipping charge which made it more expensive than just buying one locally - and this was not indicated in any way on the site until I received the invoice for it.
I also bought a master cylinder for an '85 dodge diplomat as recommended by another thread, but it turned out that my existing master cylinder worked fine so I saved some time and effort by just using it. Never had to bleed the brakes or mess with the lines besides bending them a little. Sold the MC already.
Here's the booster I received from ebay
My stock master cylinder bolted up without cutting the shaft on the booster and the bolt pattern was perfect. Since I was mounting the booster on the angled bracket, I didn't have to rotate the booster 90degrees as many do to clear my intake manifold.
The length of the rod that connects to the pedal was a problem - the stock vacuum booster's version of this came through the angled bracket maybe 3.4-4" while this one is considerably longer. See pics later for how I corrected that - i need to find the thread from the guy who did about the same thing who gave me the idea. He used a threaded yoke maybe you can find -- I couldn't and I tried hard. Maybe consider ordering one online before you get started.
I'm going to post up what I did for my hydroboost install with a bunch of pics - never made a thread like this before, but found a lot of threads on here very helpful and people were always quick to respond to my posts when I've had questions. Hopefully this will help someone out as well.
I used a '99 F250 booster, and installed on a 1976 bronco with an EFI 5.0 (mustang serpentine setup from a '93 cobra)
I found out that I had a power steering pump that would not work well for the hydroboost, so I got a rebuilt saginaw pump from napa :
Item: P/S Pump w/ Reservoir - Remfd
Product Number: NSP 819159
Quantity: 1
Price: $45.99
Core Price: $12.00
Item Total: $57.99
I found a cap for it on amazon :
http://www.amazon.com/Spectre-Performance-1798-Steering-Dipstick/dp/B000BPZ338
Used stainless braid -6AN line for the high pressure stuff. I searched around the forum a bit to find all the fittings I needed for the booster, pump, and my stock steering box. Bought some of that stuff from summit and some from ebay, whatever was cheaper. I can post specific part numbers later.
Ordered a ps pump bracket from BC broncos which ended up not fitting either my pump or my motor. Also picked up a power steering cooler from them and a new pulley for the pump. I would not order the cooler from them again -- turns out the cooler was shipped directly from the manufacturer and there was an additional shipping charge which made it more expensive than just buying one locally - and this was not indicated in any way on the site until I received the invoice for it.
I also bought a master cylinder for an '85 dodge diplomat as recommended by another thread, but it turned out that my existing master cylinder worked fine so I saved some time and effort by just using it. Never had to bleed the brakes or mess with the lines besides bending them a little. Sold the MC already.
Here's the booster I received from ebay
My stock master cylinder bolted up without cutting the shaft on the booster and the bolt pattern was perfect. Since I was mounting the booster on the angled bracket, I didn't have to rotate the booster 90degrees as many do to clear my intake manifold.
The length of the rod that connects to the pedal was a problem - the stock vacuum booster's version of this came through the angled bracket maybe 3.4-4" while this one is considerably longer. See pics later for how I corrected that - i need to find the thread from the guy who did about the same thing who gave me the idea. He used a threaded yoke maybe you can find -- I couldn't and I tried hard. Maybe consider ordering one online before you get started.
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