Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #60 – June 18, 2018, 07:27:35 pm My '03 has auto adjust Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #61 – June 27, 2018, 09:39:17 pm I should have the steering box back by fri or monday.. hope its fri so I can get this thing back together.. Do I need to fill the steering box with fluid at any point before hand? dont want to burn anything up .. what would be the fluid procedure for installation?Thanks Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #62 – June 27, 2018, 10:28:21 pm Quote from: DavidS – June 27, 2018, 09:39:17 pm1. Do I need to fill the steering box with fluid at any point before hand? 2. what would be the fluid procedure for installation?David,1. No 2. Hook up your hoses, make sure that the hyd. tank is full, (did you install 3 new filters and oil in the tank?) now crank. By the time you let loose of the key the gear box will be pressurized. Any air will be purged out back to the tank through the return hose. After you check your stops make sure you recheck your hyd. oil level.Pamela & Mike Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #63 – June 28, 2018, 12:00:34 am You will have to add some oil in the hyd reservoir, could be a couple quarts. It depends on how much you drained out of the lines. You may also need to adjust the steering wheel to be at the right position when going straight ahead. This is best done with a short drive.Be sure you check left and right stop settings. It takes two people to do this to ensure you don't make hard contact. Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #64 – June 28, 2018, 08:59:14 am Also a good time to change filters and oil, particularly if there is any "metal sheen" when you put an oil sample in the sun light. Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #65 – June 28, 2018, 09:04:24 am Ok, I believe there is a filter in the big reservoir housing? Where are the others that will need changed? I checked the stops before it left and will double check before and after install also..Thanks for the help Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #66 – June 28, 2018, 09:08:05 am They are all in the reservoir, 3 I believe. Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #67 – June 28, 2018, 09:13:38 am Correct. Three stacked on top of each other.Remove the banjo clamp holding the lid on.Siphon/suck the fluid out of the reservoir (so you do not mix the unfiltered fluid on the outside with the filtered fluid on the inside of the filters.Remove the wing nut and large washer (no tools required.Pull out the stack of three filters and replace. Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #68 – June 28, 2018, 09:14:44 am Quote from: craneman – June 28, 2018, 09:08:05 amThey are all in the reservoir, 3 I believe.Barry's site show 84101b Donaldson Filter hydraulic, 84101B, Nelson ExhaustIs it 3 of these in the tank?EditGet the old oil out of the reservoir, remove the filters and add the oil back? then top off? sound good? Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #69 – June 28, 2018, 11:06:31 am QuoteGet the old oil out of the reservoir, remove the filters and add the oil back? then top off? sound good?That's the right filter and here's what it looks like. Also, I would take Brett's advice on cleaning up the tank. Check out what mine looked like. Probably never opened in 20 years.jor Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #70 – June 28, 2018, 11:35:54 am Make sure you get a new gasket for the housing. Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #71 – June 28, 2018, 11:53:42 am Suspect Richard is talking about the gasket around the lid.If it does leak/weep, it can always be replaced later in under 10 minutes with no loss of fluid, etc.Sorry, don't have the PN handy.Also, to keep dirt out of the reservoir, I tape a large trash sack/plastic over the area above the reservoir. Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #72 – June 28, 2018, 12:35:31 pm Quote from: wolfe10 – June 28, 2018, 11:53:42 amSorry, don't have the PN handy.999-55aMike Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #73 – June 28, 2018, 12:39:15 pm Thanks, Mike.Yup, that is it. Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #74 – June 28, 2018, 01:25:45 pm JOR, Thanks for the photos. Images of what we are talking about always helps. Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #75 – June 28, 2018, 11:10:22 pm You think there is anyone that would carry the filters and the gasket in town? tried NAPA and they can order the filter.. nothing on the gasket. Big truck store? Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #76 – June 29, 2018, 08:57:03 am Again, the gasket doesn't have to be done at the same time.IF it leaks, can be done at a later time.Remember, this is the gasket for the top lid. Oil level only reaches it if sloshing (like going around corner)/ normal oil level is several inches below the gasket. Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #77 – June 29, 2018, 10:39:51 am If there is a shop in the area that sells o-rings you may be able to match one up,the "gasket is like a o-ring",think we had to get the filters from one place and the gasket from another,here's a tip,get a spare it's only a couple of bucks. Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #78 – June 29, 2018, 11:56:17 am I ordered online. Quote Selected
Re: Red Head Blueprint Rebuilt Steering Gear Reply #79 – June 30, 2018, 02:59:46 pm Well it's in. Took a couple hours to get it in and buttoned up.. waiting on my filters and gasket. After undoing the ring on the resivoir I figured out why it seeped ... no gasket lol.. soon to be fixed!! Then test everything to make sure it is right. Set up an alignment so all will be good. Quote Selected
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