Chrisman1969

Has anyone changed a PS box on a GSL-SE to a manual one? If so are there instructions anywhere?

Thanks,
Chris

Pedestrian X

try a search, i know there is allready LOTS of threads about it.

Pedestrian X

blah, here you go.

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/search...by=&sortorder=

coldy13

I think it would be better to keep the PS box, and remove the powersteering pump to make it manual. If I had some spare $, I would get a PS box and keep it manual so I could have the quicker steering ratio.

13B4port

i had no choice when i did my engine swap. i lifted the PS pump by the pully and the pump fell off it. so i trashed the pump and caped the lines. it runs great, the only little complaint i have it is there is a little play in the steering. it might be becuase everything is 19 years old, but my steering is fine, the play is maybe 2 degrees(just enough to notice it).

Chrisman1969

I did search before I posted and most of what is out there is about using the power steering box without a ps pump.

What I am trying to find out about is putting a new manual box in a car that came originally with power steering. I use this car to road race and the slack in the center of the steering is just not going to work.

I priced a new manual box from mazda comp for $330, and I am just wondering if there is a lot of other stuff that I am going to have to change. Or is it as simple as swapping boxes.

Thanks,
Chris

Wankelguy

The power steering boxes need fluid pressure to help them center, that's why they have so much play when people just disconnect the pump.

Chrisman1969

I understand that the box would work better with fluid, but with 180K+ miles, it is just time to replace it with a new one.

SO that being said, I want to go to a manual box. Are the steering collums compatable, or do you have to pull the collum and replace with a collum from a manual?

Thanks,
Chris