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I didn't take any photos of the power steering install.  I pretty much forgot too.  It is a good story though.  I had some of the components from the previous owner (he was going to convert it) and ordered a complete system from another company (East Coast Jeep).  What a mess it turned out to be when ordering.  The guys at East Coast Jeep were real helpful but painfully slow in shipping.  The first shipment came and only half of the system showed up.  It was missing the steering shaft, all hardware, the resevior, and the fluid lines.  I did get the power gear and the pully pump.  I call East Coast Jeep and they were apolagetic about the whole thing.  They promised they would ship another complete system to me in 3 days.  I already waited 2 weeks for the first shipment.  Well 3 weeks after talking with them the second time I call them up to find out what was going on.  Apparently they had "An oportunity they could not pass up".  What ever that means.  They hadn't even shipped it yet!  They again promise it will go out the next day.  This time I ask for shipping confirmation.  Of course this comes 2 days later!  Well the parts finally show up and some of it is unusable.  The lines were rusted to the gear and could not be removed.  The pulley pump is damaged and unusable.  I was able to put together a whole system using parts from the previous owner, some parts from the first shipment and some parts from the last shipment.  I WILL NOT BE USING EAST COAST JEEP AGAIN!  The system went together in about 8 hours (I'm a begginer).  I still could not drive it after the install though.  I found the tie rod had both seals ripped and the threads stripped.  I had to install a new tie rod.  After that was done the Jeep was drivable...Well almost.  Check out the drive shaft menu.