was doin' some work on my m8's motor today and wondered if any one had fitted an electirc steering pump on an escos and if so is any info available

 

im just fitting one to my car

 

how did you go about finding out what pump to use, ie:what pressures they run at compared to an escos mechanical pump, cos i cant find anything

 

Martin Hadland ran electric power steering on his car for about a year before the crash. He would be a good man to ask.

 

ive got two electric pas pumps and there fookin great !!

 

thats good although not much help to me unfortunately

 

i fi remeber tomorrow , ill halp you out alittle bit , my pumps are off diff models , remind me , cant be arsed at the mo , ill pm you some details

 

cheers m8 that would be great

 

hello mate
the citroen ax uses an electric pas pump,
could that be suitable for the conversion?

 

will check that out m8 thanks

 

will check that outy m8 thanks

 

i take it this could be fitted to a fiesta if i had all the bits? i knowm some came with power steering but a electric pump would be a lot easier

 

I think MGFs have electric PAS but you will need a suitable speed sensor to make it work..........i think

 

most cars come with electric pas pumps these days. probably most common (and therefore cheapest and easiest to get hold of) are vauxhall astra, corsa etc.

the only difficulty i see is mating them to a ford steering column and making some hoses up to take the pressure. and mounting them so that they don't vibrate the whole car to pieces.

 

the citroen one is a stand alone unit fitted on the NSF chassis rail, it has power to it as soon as the engine is started' then all you need is to connect up the pipes from the existing pas rack
sorted!!!

 

new corsa's have an electirc motor on the column.

 

yes

 

You can use a remote elec hyd pump like a saxo or 106/307 say, or a power column n elec mota like the late corsa n punto etc etc

 

looking more into remote pump really as i think the motor way would be to much hassle.

 

Use one from a Peugeot; Citroen in that case? Or even some of the late Ashtrays are also remote. A trip round a breakers would prob give you a few ideas.