LesH Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 Has anyone tried using a power steering pump as a pump for raising and lowering something like a small disc/ blade etc? If so, what kind of power steering pump did you use?? Thanks.
steve-wis Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 LesH, My brother had a farmall H with a snow blade hooked to the front, and it used a power steering pump to raise it with one small (maybe 1 1/2 inch X 8 inch long) cylinder. It worked fine, as far as I know, but I never plowed snow with it. I think it was a pump from an old Plymouth or Dodge. About any one should work, I would think, but the tank size might be a problem with anything but a small cylinder. As far as hooking it up, I can't help you there, but it can be done. Steve
acfarmer Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 I have an old Unico garden tractor with a power steering pump to raise and lower a front blade works good
gjs Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 I had some luck by using a 12v boat trim / outdrive pump. Had a big enough fluid reservoir tank and power to operate a cylinder for a rear lift bucket
HubbardRA Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 I have a friend who has built three tractors from scratch. He uses power steering pumps for the hydraulics on them. The small reservoir on the pump is not large enough for most hydraulic operations, but usually is removable and the inlet hole is either tapped for a fitting or can be tapped for a fitting, then a larger remote tank can be used. Most power steering pumps on Ford, Dodge, and Chevy trucks and the older "full size" cars had pumps that would pump about 2 gallon per minute and produce a pressure of 1500 psi. They usually had internal bypassed valves which could be modified to produce even higher pressures. I was going to use a power steering pump to build a FEL, but found a small FEL at such a good price that I bought it and scrapped the idea of building my own.
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