Power steering reservoir relocation..?

[Burghardphotography]

Kind of a weird one I know.. I’m just playing with an idea and want to see if anyone has done it in theirs before.

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[ShadowsPapa]

Kind of a weird one I know.. I’m just playing with an idea and want to see if anyone has done it in theirs before.

As long as it's roughly the same height above the pump as it is now, and the line is sloped, etc. similar to current - can't see why not.
I am very curious - wondering why? Not to say your reason wouldn't be good enough, but like to learn and see what some folks come up with........
It's a new one for me, anyway.

Put this in Google or whatever - they sell these ready to go........ done on a lot of customs and rods, apparently, so why not Jeep?

Google search:
remote power steering reservoir

 

[Burghardphotography]

As long as it's roughly the same height above the pump as it is now, and the line is sloped, etc. similar to current - can't see why not.
I am very curious - wondering why? Not to say your reason wouldn't be good enough, but like to learn and see what some folks come up with........
It's a new one for me, anyway.

Put this in Google or whatever - they sell these ready to go........ done on a lot of customs and rods, apparently, so why not Jeep?

Google search:
remote power steering reservoir

A series of decisions running into each other are to blame here… mostly the position I mounted my SDI controller brain thing on top of the fuse box. Now I’m wanting to float a power tray over that, which barely clears the hood and the sdi computer. So it’s forced me into a position where I have had to tweak the position of the reservoir to clear the wires to the switchpro.

Could I have planned this better? Definitely… but this is where I am at… haha.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

A series of decisions running into each other are to blame here… mostly the position I mounted my SDI controller brain thing on top of the fuse box. Now I’m wanting to float a power tray over that, which barely clears the hood and the sdi computer. So it’s forced me into a position where I have had to tweak the position of the reservoir to clear the wires to the switchpro.

Could I have planned this better? Definitely… but this is where I am at… haha.

Just curious. Yeah, been down that road a few times. Sometimes my projects go in stages and I keep making mods I didn't think of to begin with and I end up where you are.

 

[Burghardphotography]

Just curious. Yeah, been down that road a few times. Sometimes my projects go in stages and I keep making mods I didn't think of to begin with and I end up where you are.

I don’t think it’ll be an issue… I swallowed the pill of not having my symmetric wire rainbow and just wrapped them up good. Now that they are bunched up I was able to shift the reservoir at least most of the way back to its original position.

 

[chorky]

A series of decisions running into each other are to blame here… mostly the position I mounted my SDI controller brain thing on top of the fuse box. Now I’m wanting to float a power tray over that, which barely clears the hood and the sdi computer. So it’s forced me into a position where I have had to tweak the position of the reservoir to clear the wires to the switchpro.

Could I have planned this better? Definitely… but this is where I am at… haha.

I had mine over by the battery for a while as well. I really didnt like it being there at all, it just too busy in that area already. But it looks like you might have a diesel??

Powertrays makes a really nice solution. https://www.powertrays.com/collections/jeep

I didn't want to spend the money at first. But now I am glad I did.

Also, are you using that fuse block with the SwitchPro? It is designed to not need individual fuses - you can set amperage limits in the controller itself.

 

[Burghardphotography]

I had mine over by the battery for a while as well. I really didnt like it being there at all, it just too busy in that area already. But it looks like you might have a diesel??

Powertrays makes a really nice solution. https://www.powertrays.com/collections/jeep

I didn't want to spend the money at first. But now I am glad I did.

Also, are you using that fuse block with the SwitchPro? It is designed to not need individual fuses - you can set amperage limits in the controller itself.

No the fuse block has nothing to do with the switchpro. This is a powertray actually.. their Jeep one will not work with the diesel. So I’m building this one out with Powertrays so that they can hopefully create a diesel option.

The one that they would sell wouldn’t have these issues I’m having as most people don’t have an SDI controller sitting over their fuse box limiting where I could drop the four support risers.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I had mine over by the battery for a while as well. I really didnt like it being there at all, it just too busy in that area already. But it looks like you might have a diesel??

Powertrays makes a really nice solution. https://www.powertrays.com/collections/jeep

I didn't want to spend the money at first. But now I am glad I did.

Also, are you using that fuse block with the SwitchPro? It is designed to not need individual fuses - you can set amperage limits in the controller itself.

The area between my brake reservoir and the fender and firewall is sort of taken....

 

[chorky]

The area between my brake reservoir and the fender and firewall is sort of taken....

That's all for your plow though right?

I was hesitant to use the power trays in that location at first just due to its proximity to the brake master cylinder - knowing how corrosive that stuff is, but the tray is nice quality and fits perfectly. I should have done that first, it would have saved 2 days of re-wiring.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

That's all for your plow though right?

I was hesitant to use the power trays in that location at first just due to its proximity to the brake master cylinder - knowing how corrosive that stuff is, but the tray is nice quality and fits perfectly. I should have done that first, it would have saved 2 days of re-wiring.

Yes, for the plow.
Brake fluid is only a problem if it gets on things - it eats paint and because of it's affinity for water, things tend to rust where it's dripped onto stuff. But for many decades, the master cylinder has been next to the massive firewall connector on cars and trucks without issue.
It's not like hydrochloric acid that literally throws a mist into the air that corrodes everything in the same building. A lot of lines and wires have run below and next to brakes over the years. But - if the system leaks, deal with it immediately - it's a paint killer and will rot firewalls if the leak continues.
Brake systems must be sealed as otherwise, the fluid will absorb moisture from the air - and since the system is sealed and not vented to the outside, it's pretty safe to have stuff around it.

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