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Old 02-27-2026, 12:36 PM   #82
Marc_986
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Thanks, that is most useful. I figured I could take the alternator wire from the ABS, also as the ABS5.7 does not use it anymore. But also useful to take the other wire from it.. Still depends a bit on which pump I end up using.

A picture of the pump mount would be helpful, I intend to work on that next week.

The forum seems to be done a lot, so here is the progress of last few days. Main work was to make the bulkhead holes for the feedthroughs. One 16mm for pressue, and one 18mm for the return. Then cut the hoses to size.

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Now looking from the bottom of the car, you can see these drop more or less straight down to the rack. Also they do clear the steering shaft easily. Hoses are short, so while I did intend to mount them to the chassis at some intermediate point, I now don't feel any need

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Today I went to the hydraulics shop and got the hoses crimped. Looking good;
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I just ordered O-rings. When they come in and seem to fit, I'll also update my separate thread on the sizes I found to be good.

With this done I mounted the (cleaned) subframe back to the car (including new tuning forks and control arms). There was one thread of the diagonal braces damaged on removal. I rethreaded this one before I put the frame back. These braces themselves were quiet severly corroded, so I cleaned them up as best as I could and resprayed them. Should look a lot better now.

Also started stripping some wires I need from the wreck. Turns out that they potted the bulkhead feedthroughs to the interior. Messy and tedious job to remove all that.
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