The CheapJeep

The seats suck right now without the covers. I'm still waiting on Smiley's to get them in from Jaz in California.
Steel braided lines
Finish power steering (I nearly broke my arms tonight trying to steer the thing with the front end locked)
Install my new tailights
That's it for this phase. Which I'll hopefull complete by tomorrow.
Next comes-
fab new dash with autometer gauges, c.b. setup I got for Christmas, some sort of sound system. Then paint. I'm line-xing the interior black, btf kit and cage will be fire engine red, body will be black.
As of now it's pretty much ready to go, my grandpa is coming tomorrow to help with the cooling issue, then we'll work on all the p.s. stuff and brakelines.

where are you at? try British Parts Unlimited (or something like that) in the H-town area. they are on Hempstead dr. or hell may be in Hempstead..I can't remember. If in CS call Bill Labarge at the Bug Clinic in Bryan. If they are in the Houston Area he can have them there next day in Bryan.

looks pretty good, i know that you can get a ford pump for like $40, but you will need to get a core out of a junkyard to get the $50 core charge back

I had a cheby pump but I couldn't find a v-belt pulley in time so Bill and them took the pump that had a v-belt pulley off the Rolls car they were building and put it on the Jeep. Flem and ya'll are right, I might be able to get the lines made but it will be a pain not to mention I'll never be able to find parts if I break on the trail. If I just get the stock pump and bracket it will be a straight bolt on and I can have the lines made at NAPA like I had originally planned since all the fittings are standard.

since saginaw pumps and boxes are factory for jeeps why don't you use a factory bracket and hose?

ebay has a few v8 and i6 brackets on there right now.

I'll pick up a saginaw pump tomorrow, but do you think the parts store's would have the bracket too? If not I can just get one off ebay like your saying or use the one we made. Could I mate the GM fittings to the stock lines or I imagine it'd be just as easy to have NAPA make the lines since they carry the fittings?

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Originally Posted by robertf03

since saginaw pumps and boxes are factory for jeeps why don't you use a factory bracket and hose?

ebay has a few v8 and i6 brackets on there right now.

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This is what I was going to recomend. My jeep has factory power steering and it has a saginaw pump. I doubt the parts store will have the brackets, that is a junkyard item. You probably wont have to have hoses custom made, unless you want to spend stupid amounts of money. I believe all saginaw pumps have the same fitting (only one is a fitting, the other is a hose barb and is part of the reservoir).

What fittings are you talking about? are you running the stock jeep gear box? if you're steering box has o-ring fittings then get a pressure line for an 81 cj with a 304. if it's got flared fittings then get one for a 78 with a 304.

His steering box has o-rings, its off an 85 S10 blazer.

then its got to be 81 and later. You have a v8, right? 81 is the last year of the v8 and the first year of the o-ring.

Nope, it's got a 258. So I'll need o-ring fittings for both? I'm getting lost here... :confused:

On the later model jeeps with o-ring fittings, are their fittings metric too? Cause chevies are.

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Originally Posted by CheapJeep

Nope, it's got a 258. So I'll need o-ring fittings for both? I'm getting lost here... :confused:

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go to the parts store and get a power steering line for an 81 cj with a 258 ;)

it'll have the ends you need for the steering box. You will need to get an 81 or newer steering pump so that it accepts the new style hose that your steering box uses.

So get a saginaw pump, use existing bracket or drill some new holes, buy o-ring pressure lines for 81 and later CJ? Is this correct?

Ah I see. BTW- on the box there are two threaded outlets, so which one is LP and HP, and I'll need two lines right?