I've done the 164 swap several times. Not as easy as you think. Welding and rebuilding part of the frame is essential. Rebuilding the steering arms too, or do some billet ones. It's expensive.
The 144 power steering box will be more easy, if you find one.
And a special made of different boxes is the best you could find. I will need 3 different steering boxes to build 1, very expensive too. 2 of my customers are handicapped and didn't like the electric conversion. Now they are happy historic volvo drivers again.
I prefer the hydraulic services version very very much over the electric one.
The electric one will add a lot of stress to the steering gearbox itself. To find a proper working steering gearbox for a 1800 (or S/E) is even hard too.
And like George did mention, the electric conversion is a crap at the highway.
If you use a combination of hydraulic (164/144) and a electric driven pump, this will be the very very best combo.
Have a nice weekend, Kay
Last edited by mocambique-amazone; Jun 15th, 2019 at 11:08.
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