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Depending on your rust issues? Wire brush the “O”
ring groove and we have had fantastic luck with tacky fuel tank sealer, or “aviation form a gasket”
And yes we ditched the “Ctis” system long time ago
We put in a hydraulic steering system with a gear driven hydraulic pump a a TAS 65 steering box.
Manual backup, steers like a dream, wouldn’t alter
The force an ounce. Total cost about $700 and that was with new steering box at $400. $75 hoses, $120 pump, $70-90 u joints.?
Well we had a truly wonderful time, rhino helped us and he led the way down from Waco. And then G-longos kids lost one of our doors and filled up the bottom of our hmmwv with water. Little scamps, but if you see them playing around your campsite make sure you have a fire extinguisher handy.
And...
We’re gonna be coming from Tulsa and seen where someone said a convoy from Waco, we will probably be in the camper towing a hmvee, Friday afternoon works for us unless the crazy roosky goes chemical or nuclear?
That was a real concern of our to have and be able to steer if there was a breach in the hydraulic system or a engine failure of some type.
That’s why we went the way we did. We have friends who are diehard rock crawlers and they use the popular hydraulic ram steering system, any failure of the...
We made a steel backup plate for the box on the frame. Called a semi truck wrecking yard. Told the gentleman what I was looking for and he call back sent some pictures and sent us a pitman arm that worked fine. Our total cost was about 10-12 man hours, about $450 for the box, $25 for the pitman...
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