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What size diameter is the stock pulley?
Can you run an inline PS fluid filter?
Any idea about normal PS operating temp?
Can you run a temp gauge for the PS fluid and if so, how?
These may seem like random questions but bear with me. I just got done flushing and burping the air out of my PS system. Hydro assist with a canned ham pump. I'm using ATF instead of PS fluid.
I tried flushing the system through the return line by cranking the motor but couldn't get any flow. I was only able to get flow by starting the engine and immediately shutting it down before the resivoir ran dry. This makes me wonder if I was previously burning up pumps because my PS pulley was to large. Previously, if stopped in a tight spot and the fluid was hot, I'd have to get on the brakes and throttle up a bit to get the front end to turn. Now I'm really thinking I need a smaller pulley to turn the pump faster but don't know. How do I know? What size pulley (diameter) are ya'll running?
Now that I think I have all the foam out of the system after installing a new pump and cooler, and watching the level rise and fall inside the resivoir at idle, how do I know I have all of the air out of the system when turning the wheels lock to lock with the front end off the ground?
After flushing everything out, how can I be sure I got all the old PS fluid out and have just the new ATF?
I'm leary of contaminates from the old pumps and any other type of debis that may have been in the system. Is there a filter that I can put inline with the return line?
What is the normal operating temp of PS fluid? Anyone ever put a temp gauge in their system?
Thanks in advance!
Mike
Can you run an inline PS fluid filter?
Any idea about normal PS operating temp?
Can you run a temp gauge for the PS fluid and if so, how?
These may seem like random questions but bear with me. I just got done flushing and burping the air out of my PS system. Hydro assist with a canned ham pump. I'm using ATF instead of PS fluid.
I tried flushing the system through the return line by cranking the motor but couldn't get any flow. I was only able to get flow by starting the engine and immediately shutting it down before the resivoir ran dry. This makes me wonder if I was previously burning up pumps because my PS pulley was to large. Previously, if stopped in a tight spot and the fluid was hot, I'd have to get on the brakes and throttle up a bit to get the front end to turn. Now I'm really thinking I need a smaller pulley to turn the pump faster but don't know. How do I know? What size pulley (diameter) are ya'll running?
Now that I think I have all the foam out of the system after installing a new pump and cooler, and watching the level rise and fall inside the resivoir at idle, how do I know I have all of the air out of the system when turning the wheels lock to lock with the front end off the ground?
After flushing everything out, how can I be sure I got all the old PS fluid out and have just the new ATF?
I'm leary of contaminates from the old pumps and any other type of debis that may have been in the system. Is there a filter that I can put inline with the return line?
What is the normal operating temp of PS fluid? Anyone ever put a temp gauge in their system?
Thanks in advance!
Mike
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