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Old 10-20-07, 08:34 AM
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power steering onto s1???

hey guys,

im getting a series 1 fb and it has no power steering.... anyone know if the power steering assembly from a series 3/4/5 will work? my car will be right hand drive btw(so an american one wont work....will it ?)

if the series 3/4/5 one wont or i cant find one...will anything else work? im not too familiar with power steering "assemblies" so i got no idea what ill need

anyone ever done this before?

cheers...

by tommorro ill have an fb (my first car) the one im considering is a s1 with a 13b n/a ext bridgey 48 IDA webber and big exhaust!!! needs a respray though... ill be putting up a progress thread with all the mods im gonna attempt.... im missing not being in it already....and i test drove it today!!
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A steering box with P/S is different from non-P/S. So you have to get that also in addition to the P/S pump/bracket, then you have to re-wire it. And its not really p/s, it is power assisted wherein it gets tighter at higher speed.
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Do you really need power (assisted) steering? You may find that you don't. I'm not buff and I can handle manual steering fine.
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Originally Posted by detonation
hey guys,

im getting a series 1 fb and it has no power steering.... anyone know if the power steering assembly from a series 3/4/5 will work? my car will be right hand drive btw(so an american one wont work....will it ?)

if the series 3/4/5 one wont or i cant find one...will anything else work? im not too familiar with power steering "assemblies" so i got no idea what ill need

anyone ever done this before?

cheers...

by tommorro ill have an fb (my first car) the one im considering is a s1 with a 13b n/a ext bridgey 48 IDA webber and big exhaust!!! needs a respray though... ill be putting up a progress thread with all the mods im gonna attempt.... im missing not being in it already....and i test drove it today!!
Hasn't the doctor been telling you to build up those arm and shoulder muscles?
Well now you can, the RX is here to help! (It is really not so bad, drive it for a few weeks)
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Old 10-20-07, 03:19 PM
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Cool

" (So an American one wont work....will it ?) "
= basically NO !

The US pump & bracket = YES ,
But the rest of the system won't , steering box , lines , etc all of it running to the opposite side that you need !

Being in Western Australia and your relaxed importing rules , it would be easier to chase a original S-3 12AT parts car / wreck and pull the whole front end off !
Ps- don't forget to pull the 12AT dash cluster as well .

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My GSLs had power steering but when the boxes went bad I unhooked the belts and found they handle fine, even better, without the power. And the most recent GSL I got came stock without PS, the best yet. If yours came stock without PS I'd seriously consider keeping it that way, less maintenance and better handling.
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