[AJD] Aftermarket Power Steering??? 2nd try

[Dean VP]

Dee/Steve:

It seems like the hoses needed to be "hell for stout" and as a result are
hard to route around to get them hidden. I'm trying to find out what the
flow and pressure requirements are.  I'm hoping that with maybe newer hose
technology, smaller and more pliable hoses could be used to allow a little
more flexibility in the routing. I can possibly see a way of getting the
reservoir between the gas tank and the crankcase cover but no way to get the
hoses connected as well. Maybe a different configuration tank would solve
the problem.

If the doggone power steering didn't work so well, I'd just take it off due
to its ugliness. Don't really need the power steering but with a loader on
it sure is handy. I guess it does show what farmers did to solve a problem
when they didn't have factory power steering. I sure can see why one would
go to a salvage yard and try to find a factory setup off of a later tractor.
But quite a bit of expense and a whole bunch of work and then one ends up
with a "bastard" tractor. I doubt farmers gave a tinkers damn about how it
looked. 

This particular Behlen unit seems to work slightly better than the factory
power steering on my 520 and 620 but they haven't been "tuned up" yet
either.  These units came out before JD introduced Power Steering in 1954 so
these probably forced JD to provide a competitive solution. 

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

Forbidden fruits create many jams!

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
Dee Schuyler
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:07 AM
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Subject: Re: [AJD] Aftermarket Power Steering??? 2nd try

Dean
Fron the looks of the one on ebay it almost looks like that motor could be 
mounted upside down, that would streamline things a little? and I am pretty 
sure you could hide the reservoir
any place you want?
This is all guessing on my part as we never had power steering on any of 
dads tractors.
I had never owned a power steering tractor until the 820, and it was great!
I would think if just a matter of running hoses the unit would not care 
where the reservoir
was??
Sorry not to be of more help.
D

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
To: "AT JD" <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:47 AM
Subject: [AJD] Aftermarket Power Steering??? 2nd try


>I at one time had a Char Lynn(sp?) aftermarket Power Steering unit mounted
> on a 1949 A and now also have a Behlen aftermarket Power Steering unit on 
> a
> 1953 60 driven by a Behlen version of the live hydraulic pump between the
> Governor and the Distributor. Of this limited sample of two, the Behlen 
> unit
> works much better. However, the motor is much larger and requires an
> external oil reservoir tank which is really ugly. The Char Lynn pump was
> mounted between the front frame rails behind the radiator and was driven 
> by
> the same belt that ran the generator. It too had an external reservoir but
> was neatly nestled between the radiator and the tappet cover.  Looked to 
> me
> to be the same power steering unit used on automobiles or trucks. But both
> have the two ugly external hoses to the motors.
>
> Have any of you seen a way to mount the Behlen unit and external reservoir
> so it isn't so ugly? Any pictures of a nice clean mounting? Mine works so
> good I'm going to leave it on but I sure don't like the looks of it.
>
> There is a picture of a Behlen unit mounted on a 1953 60 on eBay right 
> now.
> See eBay auction # 7583791267.
>
> I am assuming this Behlen motor is also being driven by a pump between the
> governor and the distributor, like mine, but the pictures are not clear. 
> It
> does show the ugly reservoir. The Behlen pump looks very similar to the JD
> version. The 45 loader I'm sure is using up the live hydraulics of the
> Power-Troll.
>
> PS:  I continue to get a kick out of those of us who get exited about 
> serial
> #1 45 loader. Mine is serial #1 too. :-)  What it really identifies is the
> Series 1 version. I was a bit startled when I first saw that on my 45 
> loader
> too. But... the excitement didn't last long. :-)
>
>
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> Forbidden fruits create many jams!
>
> www.deerelegacy.com
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