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I installed a Viper SmartStart in mine. Tied it into the power locks. One remote that both remote starts, and locks/unlocks the doors. Second on the12volt.com. Great resource. Since you do have the wiring schematic, not sure what you’re asking for? Is there a particular question you have? I’ll be happy to help.

Filter on order. Will be here on Thursday. Thanks Dieselfuture!

Suggestions? Something I can pick up from Autozone or Advance, or Amazon Prime?

Finally getting around to tackling this job today... Bought the $13.99 seal kit from Autozone shown above. Used the large o-ring, 2 small square-cut rings for the bolt holes, square-cut ring for the pressure fitting hole, and o-ring on the actual pressure fitting. Still have 6 o-rings left... Probably useless to anyone without the ones I’ve already used. But if anyone is rebuilding their pump and want these, shoot me a PM with your address and I’ll ship these out to you. While there, also got the two lines that run between pump/hydroboost and gear/hydroboost. Also got 5 feet of 3/8 ID line for the return hoses. And a gallon of power steering fluid, to adequately flush the old fluid out. I'm thinking a gallon is way too much, but a gallon ($22) was nearly the same price as 3 separate quarts ($21). I'm almost done. I had to come to a stopping point so I can go do other tasks, so the reservoir is on and the old hoses loosely connected. I'll finish this up on another day. QUESTION FOR THE GROUP: The old return lines have a crimp on hose clamp. Between the hydroboost and the pump, there's a crimp connector on the hydroboost end of the hose. And between the gear and the pump, there's a crimp connector on the gear end of the hose. When using my new return lines, can I just use regular hose clamps?

Thanks JAG1. For $13 I’m going to try this kit from Autozone. If that doesn’t pan out, I’ll let you know.

Ryan, are you still around? I see it’s been awhile since you posted. I could use some help sourcing a seal for the power steering pump on my ‘01 Ram. That restaurant in Coleharbor still making those phenomenal steaks? Can’t be very far from you, if I remember the layout ND correctly. Steaks so big, they’re hanging off the edges of your plate...

Awesome! I was hoping for that. Such a pain to remove the power steering pump with the vacuum pump attached. I wonder if this kit has a seal that’ll work? https://www.autozone.com/external-engine/power-steering-pump-seal-kit/duralast-power-steering-pump-seal-kit-7918/21419_0_0 I’ll also reach out to Blue-Top Steering. Thanks for the lead!

Okay, so maybe I’m not crazy! I was pretty sure I had a login here!! I’ll submit a ticket. Thanks! Didn't know the reservoir came off from that side. I’ll look at it later this week and see if I can see what you’re talking about. If I understand right, the reservoir will come off and the actual pump stays on the vacuum pump? Holy hell, if the o-ring is that hard to find, I just might have to buy the whole pump.

[I've been coming to this forum for years. All my normal logins didn't seem to work, and neither did any attempts to reset passwords on any of the email addresses I use... So, created a new account. Or, maybe an account for the first time...] 2001 Ram. Over 400K miles. I just replaced the seals in my vacuum pump. Put it back together, and now it appears my power steering fluid is leaking. The leak seems to be coming from the side that faces the front of the truck (where it mounts to the vacuum pump). I didn't think power steering fluid came out of the drive shaft that fits into the vacuum pump? Thoughts?