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I bought a Dodge plow truck that supposedly had a "slight" leak in the lift pump. That slight leak turned out to be a quart in 5 minutes. It's a good thing I chained the plow up to drive it the 15 miles home. I found they had pried against the pump body to tighten the belt, distorted the side and then tried pounding it out with a hammer. While looking at it I noticed the power steering pump looked very similar to the plow pump except for the reservoir tank vs the remote reservoir for the plow. I got one out of inventory and except for the tank, they looked identical right down to the mounting bracket. A little on line research proved them to be the exact same (Saginaw I think) pumps. They were used extensively on Dodge, Western and Fischer plows and other applications including some conversions for small dump truck lifts.
The photo of the rear shows the plow pump on the left with the neck for the return line from the reservoir and the power steering pump on the right with the adapter I made from a
1 1/4x 3/4 adapter plumbing fitting. I had to plug the original power steering return line with a 5/16 bolt and clamp. The front photo was just to show the brackets are the same. I had 3 other pumps with different brackets but all could have been swapped out.
It seems to work fine and if it develops any troubles, I'll update this post.
The photo of the rear shows the plow pump on the left with the neck for the return line from the reservoir and the power steering pump on the right with the adapter I made from a
1 1/4x 3/4 adapter plumbing fitting. I had to plug the original power steering return line with a 5/16 bolt and clamp. The front photo was just to show the brackets are the same. I had 3 other pumps with different brackets but all could have been swapped out.
It seems to work fine and if it develops any troubles, I'll update this post.