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Agree. Can you move it to the mods forum for me?

YES! Please. I never understood the TDM from a fording standpoint as would think it might be difficult to 'time' the entry into water and may not be able to 'stomp' the accelerator to activate very easily I also like the idea of getting rid of another failure point. Also does it matter...

I did not know this.........I always assumed it could only fail closed. Thank you.

Update: Regarding the steering column shaft that goes into the steering gear box..........there is a bolt and nut that go THROUGH the clamp that goes onto the gear box input shaft/splines. But it is NOT enough to just loosen the nut and bolt.......the bolt must be completely removed. The...

If the thermoswitch fails.......the failsafe is to de-energize the circuit and ENABLE the fan. That's my understanding about it's design, ie if any sensor/wiring fails it results in de-energizing the valve and thereby enabling the fan. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what the word 'fail' means or...

I think you meant if the thermoswitch fails it will still provide power and will ENABLE fan not disable. Correct me if wrong as I need to understand this circuit.

Just to confirm........when you slid the steering column link off the box.....the box was still bolted into the frame?

ahhhhhhh.......i didn't realize it was a 'through' bolt.......thought it was just a clamp bolt.....I guess I'll try removing the bolt completely and see if that changes anything.

Thank you. What about the input shaft? How did you get the shaft off the input shaft on the box? I loosened the clamp bolt/nut and it feels loose but I can't get it off. I saw one post on another forum that seemed to indicate the steering wheel has to be pulled and the column clamp on...

When you took the pitman off did you remove the steering link from the TRE's and the idler arm??? Or did you just pop the pitman off the steering link and leave the link attached everywhere else........then removed the pitman off the box. How did you get the input shaft off the box (from the...

Does the starter turn over and it's just a 'no start'???? I'm not understanding that part of your description.

Trying to pull out the steering gear/box. The TM doesn't specify sequence or tricks. I tried starting with intermediate shaft that goes to steering box........loosened the bolt/nut but can't get the shaft to release from the spline shaft of box. In other trucks the steering column will...

Related question.........how many people does it take to push a HMMWV 200 yards a little bit uphill LOL. Sounds like I may just run it and then replace the oil pump along with steering box.

This is a separate but related question to my thread on steering gear box blow out. I want to move the truck a short distance but don't want to ruin the power steering pump as I can't keep up with fluid loss. If I remove the belt the pump won't turn so I assume that will save the pump. I...

I have a built in flush now.........will switch to the DEX III ATF. I guess I can have one of my kids poor in the fluid as I drive it.

I refilled it with power steering fluid. I'm pretty sure previous owner had ATF in it (pink/red). The new power steering fluid is blue.

Confirmed the carnage. Filled it up with power steering fluid and started it up........gushing from input shaft area of steering box. Audible and excessive. As a tangent I noted the thread regarding 'reliability' and agreed (and still do agree) with those supporting general reliability...

Thanks for that.

Makes sense. Do I fill it back up with fluid and then try and see where it's leaking? Why would it fail so catastrophically?

Been snowing so I thought I'd take the truck out and help wife run errands. Ran perfect. Even wife like it. Then as we are pulling into drive I'm turning near lock to pull into drive way and feel it's getting hard to steer suddenly. Smell some type of fluid and some burnt smell but only...