Re: [AMC-list] lower P/S pressure

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Take the high pressure hose off at the pump. Take the large nut out of the pump. Under the nut you will find a. Valve and a spring. Don't lose the spring or alter it. 
   Look at the valve. On one end is a nut with a screen insert. Between the nut and that valve you will see one or more thin washers. 
   You can very carefully clamp the valve in a vice. Don't damage the machined areas!  Take the nut off adding washers drops pressure, less washers equals more pressure.  Borgeson or one of the other steering specialty places has a kit. 
   I just robbed washers out of other saginaw pumps. 
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:13:06 +0000  (UTC)
From: Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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The power steering is  not too bad for feel on the 70's up cars.
I have a 73 Hornet box in mine and  use a 4.0L pump with the Wrangler 
pressure valve.
The Wrangler got around  800psi, iirc and the little XJ got around 950-1000 
psi.
I'd need a TSM to get  the exact numbers, but the combo has nice, to me 
road feel
and is plenty  responsive.
The 60's cars were all jacked up, IMHO. too much pressure  the wrong 
valving in the 
boxes. Great for grandpa and grandma, but yuck for  road feel etc,
The convertible gets a 12.7-1 93 Grand Cherokee box and  a revalved Saginaw 
pump :)
They used Saginaw/GM pumps on the 327 in the Jeep  trucks :) Easy to 
revalve those pumps
for less pressure, heck, easy to  revalve any P/S pump for less pressure. 
Except for 
the new electronic  crap.
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI,  T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death  is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

I am  going to put a power rack and pinion in a 70 Javelin I am working on. 
I  want to use the stock power steering pump. I have been told I need to 
cut down  the pressure from about 1300 to about 900 psig. I have been 
researching how to  do this, but other than putting in an inline regulator I haven't 
come up with an  answer. I was definitely interested when you said it is 
easy to revalve  a pump for less pressure. How do you do this. What parts are 
needed. Where  do I get them. Any additional detail would be appreciated.  
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