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As Saginaw PS units are more readily available in the US, alternative boxes aren't that necessary, but for those who want options, here's one:
1984 - 1989 Toyota Cressida power steering box and pump. This is tricky without photos but the photos on LRE where I have posted this previously are now red crosses.
So:
1) Remove Series steering gear box.
2) Using a small u-joint assembly of your choice or one of the fancy units from Flaming River if your wallet runs in that direction, mate the upper column to the lower relay column. The lower column now runs along and just outside the chassis rail and the u-joint is located where the Series box was.
3) Toyota box mounts inside the dumbiron in front of the grill (again hard to explain without pictures but here's a fairly cryptic one in which you can see the box located at the right side of the winch recess just behind the D ring)
4) A pretty standard drop arm from the bottom of the box to the drag link has to be fabricated or modified but not a big deal.
5) The Toyota pump needs a bracket fabricated to situate it on the left side of the engine (when looking into the engine bay) such that it can be run off the fan with a dual groove military pully.
6) Hydraulic hoses run across the engine bay and down to the box through the grill. Not pretty, but functional.
That's it. Low tech and I believe in the US these Cressida pumps (must have been used on other models as well) are cheap and easy to find.
1984 - 1989 Toyota Cressida power steering box and pump. This is tricky without photos but the photos on LRE where I have posted this previously are now red crosses.
So:
1) Remove Series steering gear box.
2) Using a small u-joint assembly of your choice or one of the fancy units from Flaming River if your wallet runs in that direction, mate the upper column to the lower relay column. The lower column now runs along and just outside the chassis rail and the u-joint is located where the Series box was.
3) Toyota box mounts inside the dumbiron in front of the grill (again hard to explain without pictures but here's a fairly cryptic one in which you can see the box located at the right side of the winch recess just behind the D ring)

4) A pretty standard drop arm from the bottom of the box to the drag link has to be fabricated or modified but not a big deal.
5) The Toyota pump needs a bracket fabricated to situate it on the left side of the engine (when looking into the engine bay) such that it can be run off the fan with a dual groove military pully.
6) Hydraulic hoses run across the engine bay and down to the box through the grill. Not pretty, but functional.
That's it. Low tech and I believe in the US these Cressida pumps (must have been used on other models as well) are cheap and easy to find.