New hydraulic steering install hooking up rams
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Told the ten year old that I am going to rachet strap a 2x4 to the drives and he is going to have to be my steering this weekend. He looked at me and said I am not sure I am going to be able to hold it when we are going fast.
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I guess it's possible, but it's a pretty simple system, 2 lines off the helm pump to a T, the T hooks to the 4 ram lines. I thought when the wheel free spins in the opposite direction that means the lines are crossed.
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OK got them to move with two 3 ton jacks. Got them hooked up and went to bleed the system turned to starboard great turn to port wheel starts spinning to starboard. No problem got the lines crossed switched them turn to starboard great turn to port wheel jumps back to starboard but doesn't spin. Wife let's power steering pump run dry......F@$#me not sure how long it was cavitaing shut off motor let it cool down fire it back up. Didn't sound like it was cavitating but I am not sure what to do now. Everyone just wants to go boating this weekend and WWIII is going on at our house, I am hearing things like just sell the F €£&#^g thing. It's horrible.
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Seems like a better way in hindsight, or the drill option. I am not 100% sure it is bad but I am guessing it is or it will not be long before it is completely bad. For the couple hundred $ I think I am going to replace it anyway.
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I am writing this with my tail between my legs, but the good news is my new steering is fully functional now. Spent two days trying to figure out why I could only turn one way. Well, I was so confident in my own abilities that I hooked up the power steering feed line to one of the ram ports on the helm unit. Traced my lines three times and every time I thought it was in the right spot until I happen to glance at the diagram one more time. I felt so dumb, but I least I figured it out and we can go boating this weekend so everyone is happy at my house again. We also do not have to sell the boat anymore. The bad part is I can't even say something like I am not good at reading plumbing schematics, for years I spent time working on turbines and diesel gen-sets and that's all I did is read plumbing and electrical schematics. Ahhh..........
By the way Ron at IMCO is truly great and very helpful when you talk with him. Very please with his service.
By the way Ron at IMCO is truly great and very helpful when you talk with him. Very please with his service.
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I am writing this with my tail between my legs, but the good news is my new steering is fully functional now. Spent two days trying to figure out why I could only turn one way. Well, I was so confident in my own abilities that I hooked up the power steering feed line to one of the ram ports on the helm unit. Traced my lines three times and every time I thought it was in the right spot until I happen to glance at the diagram one more time. I felt so dumb, but I least I figured it out and we can go boating this weekend so everyone is happy at my house again. We also do not have to sell the boat anymore. The bad part is I can't even say something like I am not good at reading plumbing schematics, for years I spent time working on turbines and diesel gen-sets and that's all I did is read plumbing and electrical schematics. Ahhh..........
By the way Ron at IMCO is truly great and very helpful when you talk with him. Very please with his service.
By the way Ron at IMCO is truly great and very helpful when you talk with him. Very please with his service.
Glad you figured it out.
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Ron was excellent to deal with for me as well! I just finished up an install a couple weeks ago. Long story short, after hours of bleeding and re-tracing hoses, Ron diagnosed my symptoms over a 30 minute phone call as a bad helm. Got the new helm installed in 20 minutes, fired the motors and within 5 minutes it was good to go!
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Yes definitely a rookie mistake, I even ran the lines one at a time and marked them so I wouldn't mess them up. No idea what I was thinking, I am going with I was tired late Sunday when I was finishing it up and hooking up the lines. I had looked at the schematic so many times I knew right where lines were to go on ghetto helm unit. Well that didn't work out for me, should have been looking at it while I was hooking them up too.