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Sure thing, bcg...

First and foremost, ALL parts I needed came off of an 86 Isuzu Trooper (with the round headlights) that had the 2.3L 4 cylinder G200 engine.

Parts that I took from that vehicle:
-Steering Gearbox w/Pitman arm* and U-Joint from steering shaft**
-Lines (high pressure and return lines)
-Reservoir (make sure it has the black rubber seal and filter inside)
-Power Steering Pump w/ "V" belt pulley
-Bracket (1) for reservoir
-Brackets (3) for AIR PUMP on driver side of engine.***
-ALL bolts for everything I took off (proved to be a VERY smart move)

*Make sure you know the size of your Pitman arm. I found that the 86 (and possibly earlier Troopers) had the correct size for my LUV whereas the 87 and up were too short.

**The steering shaft on the Trooper is notched at the end and the notch slides into a U-joint unit. It is this U-joint unit that has the splines at the end which fit onto the steering gearbox. You MUST take this U-joint unit, the flexible coupling on your LUV will NOT mate up to the input shaft on the Trooper box. I had a guy at the yard cut it out with oxy-acetylene.

***The reason that you're taking the brackets that hold the air pump on the Trooper's engine is because the power steering pump is on the passenger side. On the LUVs, this is where our distributor is, so the big bracket that holds the pump can't fit there. This is why we have to use the air pump bracket to hold the power steering pump on our LUVs.

For most of you, once you have these parts in your garage you'll be able to put it together after modifying the brackets a bit. When I say modifying I don't mean welding... I don't own a welder and I got through this whole project without needing one. I mean you may need to drill a hole here and move the alternator bracket there, but thats about all. This should be good enough to get you started and I will post more in depth stuff as you ask it. If you need, you all can even e mail me at BEETLEVH@aol.com. In the subject line put "LUV Power Steering" or something so I don't think its spam.

Just to throw in a little extra here is the Interchange for the gear box....

1984-1986 Isuzu Trooper

* 1984-1984: 4Cyl 2.2L DIESEL, FI, VIN "S" Base
* 1984-1985: 4Cyl 1.9L Gas, Carbureted, VIN "A" Base
* 1986-1986: 4Cyl 2.2L Turbo, Diesel, FI, VIN "U" DLX
* 1986-1986: 4Cyl 2.2L Turbo, Diesel, FI, VIN "U" LS
* 1986-1986: 4Cyl 2.2L Turbo, Diesel, FI, VIN "U" LX
* 1986-1986: 4Cyl 2.3L Gas, Carbureted, VIN "L" DLX
* 1986-1986: 4Cyl 2.3L Gas, Carbureted, VIN "L" LS
* 1986-1986: 4Cyl 2.3L Gas, Carbureted, VIN "L" LX