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jtfcons
Aug 22, 2013Explorer
So, based on what the Salt Lake techy said if the power steering still works fine, no increase in steering effort, you do not have a bad pump. The fan motor (actually a hydraulic motor) is not running but still turns, you might check the priority valve, I think that's what they call it. As I understand, it regulates the flow to the two devices since two systems run on the same hydraulics. If it is like mine, follow the pressure line from the hydraulic pump to a junction block with 3 or 4 lines into it, about 3 X 3 X 1 inch steel. Check with Salt Lake to determine the procedure to clean this valve, but in my case the regulator plunger was removed, cleaned with a solvent, then re-torqued back in place.
This is the procedure that Spartan ran me through to repair a overheating/lack of steering problem that I had a few years ago. As it turned out the pump was going bad and not capable of running both fan and steering at the same time, but they had me check the priority valve.
Good luck.
This is the procedure that Spartan ran me through to repair a overheating/lack of steering problem that I had a few years ago. As it turned out the pump was going bad and not capable of running both fan and steering at the same time, but they had me check the priority valve.
Good luck.
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