I'm a Dumba$$ - Full Hydro

[ttuburbo]

So I read the diagram backwards while hooking up the lines to the steering unit for fully hydro. Pretty sure I smoked the pump, Is there a chance of any damage to the "orbital" valve? Im running the KRC SBC pump with pulley and now all that comes out is a little dribble, even with the output end of the pump open. I thought these things were suposed to humm fluid out of em. Oh well, live and learn I guess. Still worried about the "Orbital" thought. Any thoughts?

 

[bensub90]

you should not have damaged the orbital valve any it just directs the fluid

 

[miniwally]

What size is your suction line from the reservoir to the pump?

How big is your pressure line from the pump to the Orbital?

Is the Reservoir higher than the pump?

How big is the reservoir?

Need lots more info than you gave to help on this.

 

[ttuburbo]

Suction is 5/8's with #10 fittings, the pressure line is 3/8's with #6 fittings. The resevoir is 1 gal, and in an inch or so higher, but the fluid height is substantially higher. running double ended ram from surplus center. I forget the brand of the orbital. When I unhook the pressure out line from the orbital, the flow is very weak.

 

[miniwally]

ok
You seem to have things sitting in the correct positions and using the right size lines. I would up the return line from the orbital valve to the res. to a -8 line.

Regardless you should have a boat load of fluid coming out of the pressure line from the pump to the orbital. SO:

Make damn sure that the line from the res. to the pump is not sucking shut. Pumps don't create suction per say but they have been known to collapse the line running from the res. to the pump.
Make sure that there is no trash in any of the fittings or lines from the res. to the pump and the pump to the orbital.
If you still have no flow I say bad pump some how. However, I know nothing about the KRC pumps except that you can change a fitting and get different flows from some of their stuff. Perhaps your pump has a low flow fitting on it?

I don't think you can hurt an orbital with what you did but I really don't know. I have heard of weird things happening with orbitals so I really think it's a crap shoot.

You could call and talk with PSC. and probably get a bit of help. Try a new pump and see how things work.

Good luck.

 

[ttuburbo]

New pump should be here today but UPS doesn't deliver to my neighborhood untill late late. I will post results once I have it on.