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Old 10-03-2013, 09:43 PM   #15 (permalink)
paulgato
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...but cripple rooster, the more components you remove that use engine power, replacing them with components that only use electrical power, the more potential savings there are to be had from 'deleting' or 'bypassing' the alternator and using an alternative method of providing electrical power such as an auxilliary battery charged up at home.

As for using power steering which uses an electric motor rather than hydraulics, that's a rather difficult and expensive mod which will involve changing the steering rack I believe. Just changing the engine-driven steering pump for an electric steering pump is much easier and cheaper.
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