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I rebuilt my son's P/S pump following the directions in this thread and it was great except that I have a noise in the pump kind of like you get when you turn the wheel all the way to the side and the steering is really stiff. Now I am going through trying to see if I did something wrong. My question is: On the high pressure oil feed (the picture with the caption "this is what is inside", do I understand correctly that the spring goes in first, then the piston (pointing toward the spring as shown) and then the 27mm bolt? I think we got it right but I needed to check. Thanks for any help you can give.

Thanks. I found the tutorial. Everything is very clear now. cr

I am mystified! My son's LS400 has a failed idler (maybe 2) on the timing belt. In the process of pulling parts out of the engine to get to the timing belt, I cannot find anything that looks like a water pump. The bearing that holds the fan and clutch (which I expected to be the water pump) has no water inlet or outlet. Can someone tell me where the water pump is, please? Are there any photos on the site that show the pump? Parts dealers show a water pump that looks nothing like anything we have seen but then they also say "this photo is not application specific." Thanks for any help you can give. cr