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Hey all. Just put power steering from an 85 wagon into my 89 brumby. After reading a few posts for how to do it i decided to have a go. Very surprisingly it all went well. It all works but there seems to be a lot of noise coming from the rack. The more you rev the louder it gets. kind of like a grinding whistling noise. Anyone with any ideas? It is a lot more noticeable from under the car and im reasonably confident its not the tension pulley or the pump. Hmmmm got me beat.

Make sure your pipes (the metal parts) are not pressing against the body or crossmember. the noise made by the vibration of the pipes sounds like that.

TOONGA

I will check that tomorrow and let you know.

I just had another thought 85 wagon ... "L" series?

how did you get it all to fit?

TOONGA

85 My touring wagon. Been a great buy got motor power steering front guard and seats out of it so far. Only paid $400 for it.

oh the humanity I want an old MY wagon or sedan to lower the crap out of and slip in an EJ, as well I would like a money tree.

TOONGA

Ha ha wouldn't we all. I do feel a little bad as the wagon was probably roadworthy as is but i'm planning on being buried in my brumby so wagon had to sacrifice the parts.

Never seen an 85 MY wagon. I wouldn't have parted it, would have been the only one in the world

As for swapping over, if it's the 82-84 MY Touring Wagon then all the stuff will swap over. The pipes through the crossmember only happens in the 81-82 Touring Wagon but one thing to check is make sure the drivers side head has all 3 holes to mount the power steering pump bracket.

The parts you'll need are...

1. Steering rack (complete end to end)
2. Power steering pipes
3. Power steering pump and brackets (including bolts and nut)
4. Crankshaft pulley and fan belt
5. Steering rack to column uni-joint
6. Thermostat housing

When fitting the pump, you'll need to move the vacuum pipe for the brake booster (I also had to shave off some of my intake manifold) and reposition it. I swapped it to the passengers side. For the extension, I used the spare vacuum line of the donor car and used the 1 way valve as the joiner.

I might have pics and some post of my Brumby all fitted up.. I'll try and find and post up for you.


Cheers,
Paul

LOLZ.. Jules just pointed something out to me.. you already fitted.. DOH !!

Your pump sounds like it needs a rebuild.

I know L Serie pumps parts are still available from Subaru dealers , bit by bit. cannot see why not same for MY stuff

I remember glancing at a few MYs with factory power steering and thinking gee they made a meal out of the PS pump .
Coxy tells me that turbo EAs had the PS pump more like an L series one and I reckon I'd try to go that way if I was doing this to an MY or Brumby .
I seem to recall that to do this you need a later EA because they have extra threaded bosses cast into the case or head to mount the pump L Series style .

Just my thoughts cheers A .

"I remember glancing at a few MYs with factory power steering and thinking gee they made a meal out of the PS pump "

I dont know if they are all the same but my 82 MY touring wagon's power steering is factory and bog basic. It consists of a pump, hoses, rack, drive belt/tensioner pulley and not much else. Looks nice and neat.

Same pump, pulleys and tensioner for the brumby right up to 1992 (that I've seen anyway)

I have seen what looked to be an EA82 pump fitted to a brumby but it was an EA81 turbo engine, with a bit of messing around you could do it.

TOONGA

EA82 pumps mount on an alloy bracket that includes a lifting loop, bolts to EA82 block - three holes. Not sure if EA81 block has same corresponding holes ?

The EA81 MY '84 PS I had was a gangly looking cast iron bracket, bolted to head at front RHS, big round tin like reservoir with pump below it ? Really looked like an afterthought to me