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Haha you got me! Wrote this around 0500 this morning, so my fault. Replaced "starter" with alternator.

That is brilliant. I should have done that after I replaced the last bracket. Will be putting a washer on it today!

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Before putting the pump back into the truck, I removed the old hydroboost to steering box hose and replaced it with the new precision unit. Easy out, easy in. Next bolted the new steering pump in place and tightened v-belt. If you have old belts now would be a good time to replace them. Mine...

At this time I grabbed that new 4ft of HP steering hose and began laying it next to the old return lines to trim for the correct sizes. Started with the hydroboost return hose. The prebent lines in the original hose were reused. They are held in the hose with hose clamps. Laid the old line on...

Precision Steering Line, pump to hydroboost

Next, I needed to remove the infamous steering pump bracket. This had been replaced when I bought the truck because the original bracket cracked in half. The previous owner though the engine had a knock and sold it for a cool 3k. I put the new bracket on, and the truck has needed nothing since...

Finally got around to replacing my power steering pump. I left on a 11-month deployment and the truck had been sitting the whole time. There was a slight whine coming from the power steering pump before I left. When I got back, I did a quick PMCS on the truck. Everything checked out and the...