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I have one. PM me and I can get you a picture.

Have a black lower dash with no cracks if you're interested. Just over the line in NJ.

I have a brand new Chryco pump for 2.5 from my 87 serpentine belt setup. Still have the box. Was installed once, and removed. Had a power steering issue that turned out not to be the pump. Can send pics if interested.

Have one for a 2.5, if that's what you're looking for.

Just read this after sending Don a PM. I'm very sad to hear about his passing. What a nice guy. FWIW, when I bought my 87 Laredo, it had ALL the chrome exterior stuff, and Don bought it all! It wasn't my thing. May he rest in peace, God bless him. Tom

Great job, Don! You are adding years to your life (and drive time behind the wheel)!

Have the fog light switch. Probably have the module, too. Can you link me to a picture of one?

Sorry for digging up a relic, but did anyone save a copy of this? Link is dead! Thanks!

PM sent.

DC - it's the strangest thing I've ever seen. Third set of parts - new everything, and still with symptoms. Since the shop did their thing to it, the pump doesn't moan and whine any more, so I'm guessing there's no longer air in it, but fluid is still sloshing around the reservoir pretty good. I'm so disgusted, I'm thinking of selling it. Got a guy coming to look at it today, jerry-rigged PS setup and all. The other thing I might do is swap in a pump from a 4.0, with the reservoir attached, the less lines, the better. Will see if I can dig one up at the boneyard.

Warrior, thanks. Yu have v belts in an 86? Is that the 2.8 v6? DC, they were reading at the port in the high pressure hose where the sensor goes

OK quick update. Insane how long I've been without the MJ. Bleeding it forever wasn't getting it done, so I took it to a shop around the corner. They said the pressure was over 600psi, but weren't interested in why, like maybe there was air still in there. They futzed with the valve, put a cooler on it, and got it to 300psi and called it good. It no longer leaks, and is quiet, but they did a bit of redneck engineering. Question for the board: if I were to get a later model pump with integrated reservoir off a later 2.5L, with bracketry, would I have to do a whole lot of messing with it to have the pulley line up with the other pulleys? Has anyone put a later model ps pump on a renix engine? Thanks Tom

And, yes, the reservoir was the first thing I replaced, mostly because it was soaked in PS fluid and I had no idea where it was coming from. I figured maybe it had a crack in it. First wrong guess in a series of them! I kept the old one and have a Crown Automotive reman on there now.

Yeah, I believe the remote reservoir (T/C) setups were used on TBI 2.5L and the other style on carbureted models. OK on the fitting -- I bought a new MOPAR one with the correct part #. How would a line be routed to create a high/low spot? You're right about the initial problem -- maybe NONE of my components was to blame. Any value in bleeding the system with vacuum applied to the reservoir? Thanks for all the great advice! Tom

Tanner, it does it as soon as I start it up. BLASTS out of the reservoir if the cap is off, and pours out of the weep hole and around the seal if it is on.

Thanks for the reply, DC. I'm not sure what T/C and P are, but it has a remote reservoir up next to the radiator. You mean the high pressure outlet? Not sure what fitting. I certainly will try bleeding it again, but I lost count of how many times I've done it, and two shops have done it. You're right, I think it would be impossible to hook the lines up wrong (they are different diameter fittings, I believe). I will take some pics in the next couple of days, when I get myself mentally prepared to go out and play with it some more.

Hey guys, been a little less than a year and I still haven't gotten to the bottom of this. I'm at the point of converting it to manual steering or selling as-is. A friend of mine, whom I trust, is a certified working tech. He came over with a pressure gauge and fittings, and we got 300psi at the reservoir. We inspected all the hoses, the O-rings, everything. He is "baffled." I have replaced the pump (3x - and the newest one is from strokermjcomanche and it's a chryco unit). I've had 3 different steering gears on it -- newest one is a NOS Chryco unit for a ZJ. Hoses, O-rings, reservoir even has been replaced. One thing that's been constant from the beginning: when I get the wheels off the ground to bleed the system, when I get to full left lock and start back to the right, there is a "burp" of an air pocket in there. Engine off. I can't figure out why that's happening, but when I replace a part of the system, and then start to bleed it, when I hear that I know it's not going to work. Are there any power steering guru's out there? I am freaking stuck. To recap, I had a stock PS system and ZJ box for YEARS before fluid started blowing out of the reservoir one day, after a long drive. Everything has been replaced numerous times, been to two shops, and had 3 techs look at it, all in all. It makes no sense at all. Anyone got anything? Thanks Tom

Eagle - yes, I replaced the hoses and o-rings Don - You may be right about the pump; used are hard to find around these parts, but maybe it's worth the search or buying a new one instead of reman. Mechanic wants me to go back to stock steering gear, but that seems like throwing good money after bad. The one I bought, new, that's on there is PN 52088488AE I have a serpentine belt setup, I've re-used my original pulley on all the pumps, and that pressure switch is a sensor that bumps the idle up when pressure increases on the high pressure hose (where the sensor goes). That circuit hasn't worked in years, so I don't think that's the issue. A friend of mine who is a tech at a technical school said maybe the pump needed to be turned while bleeding the system; he also thought maybe the tech could try a putting some vacuum to the reservoir while bleeding, to help draw the air out. I have to go to the shop and discuss these ideas with my tech.

Hi Don, I always had the correct MJ pump on there, just a ZJ steering gear. You have a ZJ pump and gear? Do they need to be matched for flow?? Maybe the valving is different. But mine was OK for years like that. Does the ZJ pump have the reservoir right on the pump, or remote? Thanks! Tom

Anyone? I'm desperate, thinking of swapping in a manual steering gear, at this point.

Cruiser, does this apply to the 2.5 and 4.0, or just the 4.0? Thanks Tom

I'm going to revive this post, as I am desperate. The MJ has been in the mechanic's yard since September, and he plays with it when he feels like it. To get everyone up to speed, I started leaking PS fluid, pretty vigorously, in August. Out of nowhere. I had changed my steering gear to a used ZJ one years ago, and had done the pump, reservoir, cap, and hoses, all at one time or another, since I've had the MJ for 15 years. My wife had a baby in Sept, and I just didn't have time to fix it. The mechanic, whom I trust, at first thought air was coming in. So I ordered a new pump (AC delco reman), new hoses/O-rings, and a new Chrysler gear from a ZJ. I installed the pump and hoses, the tech put in the box, because I was out of time. He has since gone back and checked the pump, replaced all the O-rings just in case. He did some playing around and crimped one of the hoses a bit, which lessened the problem. He is now convinced that there is too high a flow rate coming back from the steering gear, or that it's "turning the wrong way." I don't think so, but neither he nor I know what's going on here. It's beyond ridiculous. He is suggesting I get a stock steering gear. I don't want to argue with him, but I don't think it's the answer. The part # is 52088488 AE. Before this all started, I had a ZJ box, and it didn't leak for years. Does anyone have any ideas, or know anything about inline restrictors, flow rate, and reverse flow? This guy is a good tech, and has put a bunch of hours in. He's being kind to me by keeping it there and toying with it once in awhile, because I'm sure the bill would be enormous. I get the feeling that if I told him I wanted it back tomorrow, he'd let me take it, and not charge me, since it's not fixed. Baffled on the next step. Help! Any PS system gurus? Tom 87 MJ 2.5 remote reservoir

the bar is shifting to the passenger side. I can loosen the mounts/bushings, pry with a pry bar to center, and re-tighten.

I will take a couple shots when I get home. Basically, bolting in the d30 was cake except that the sway bar end links didn't line up at the axle. They did on the previous one -- all hardware is the same. When forced to line up on the install, the bar migrated towards the passenger side, and is making noise, even though I stopped it from contacting the frame.

True, good points; I just figured the track bar mount would remain constant. The axles came out of a 2005 TJ.