AGR steering pump

[73CJ]

Anybody running an AGR steering pump?

AGR Perfomance, Inc.

I've been running one with a Mile Marker 9000# hydraulic winch and cooler for well over 30 hours of hard winching - mud. Pulling others out. Now she's lost pressure and volume. I'm thinking it should last longer?

She just sat idling and pulling for 2-4 hours at a crack, so electric is not an option.

Any ideas?

 

[BusaDave9]

Anybody running an AGR steering pump?

AGR Perfomance, Inc.

I've been running one with a Mile Marker 9000# hydraulic winch

Yes, I installed an AGR pump last summer and it's been working great for me. I also have a Mile Marker hydraulic winch.
Are you having trouble winching or steering or both?
What do you mean you have lost pressure and volume? How do you know or measure that?

 

[73CJ]

Pressure is down because it won't pull squat with the winch, even with a snatch block.

The steering is not smooth like it was. No fluid lost. Fluid is clean. Using Royal Purple synthetic. You can see it in the reservoir with the cap open coming back in from the return line. Not as high a flow rate as it was.

 

[CJim7]

Are these things rebuildable? (dont know a lot about them) Or do they have to be returned under warranty for rebuild...

 

[73CJ]

Are these things rebuildable?

They want $75 to rebuild since it's out of warranty.

Just wondering if anyone else has had an AGR fail.

 

[DHugg]

They want $75 to rebuild since it's out of warranty.

Just wondering if anyone else has had an AGR fail.

Running a Super Pump II for eight months on a '80 CJ7 304CID with 35's. The same pump ran just as you describe when my 'hand-crafted' PS lines had too many 90-degree bends in then. Once I put on new lines that fit the radiator low clearance, the pump performs perfectly at all speed ranges, even 650RPM idle.

 

[73CJ]

It's definitely a pump failure. Works great for a long time, but now has lost pressure. Probably a a seal or rotor fail mode.

 

[BusaDave9]

How long have you had the pump?

 

[73CJ]

About 4 years old. She's not a DD, about 1000 miles. But it isn't racking up miles when anchored and pulling others out.

 

[derf]

Everyone I know runs PSC pumps. They have a substantially better reputation than AGR. That and the customer service is second to none.

PSC Motorsports