Removing Hicas On R32 Gtr

[salad]

Yeah, I was gonna say something about that

Cheers for the pics though, should make the guide a bit easier to follow, my photos are shockin. I'll put all the photos back in order too...

[dmac_25]

Yeah, I was gonna say something about that

Cheers for the pics though, should make the guide a bit easier to follow, my photos are shockin. I'll put all the photos back in order too...

Just my 2 c insteed of cutting the pipe head down to enzed and get a barbed fitting for it so its all nice and neat and wont blow off

[bludger]

hey guys i was just wondering were is the hicas ecu on a r32 gtr because i wana cut that wire that send the hicas light signal to the dash.

[bubba]

In the boot on the underside of the parcel shelf. I'm not a fan of cutting wires as I've seen some people lose their speed sensitive steering as a result of it.

[Gts-t]

hey guys i was just wondering were is the hicas ecu on a r32 gtr because i wana cut that wire that send the hicas light signal to the dash.

just take out the globe

[jdmchrist]

tanks to all of you! after i haved read this 10 pages i can removed all the hicas sytems with no question! lool tanks a lot

[SiR_RB]

ok after reading all 10 pages i just want to make sure of something...

i will be fitting a hicas lock bar to my r32 gtr, do i join the 2 lines back there to each other so the fluid can still 'flow' ?

will this work fine? wont put strain on the power steering pump ?

just wana do this the quickest and best way possible,

thanks !

[SiR_RB]

is this all thats needed ??

r32 gtr bypass

r32 gtr hicas bar

[Duncan]

yes! excellent finds. I only saw the first thingy for the first time yesterday, it is a brilliant solution to the problem

[SiR_RB]

still trying to work out hwo that r32 gtr bypass thingo actualy works? how can 1 single screw join 2 hoses together? hmm

[Duncan]

either you re-use one of the existing bolts or it comes with 2 and the pic is misleading. Either way it is much easier than any way I have ever tried

[SiR_RB]

perfect !! got something to do this long weekend then ! woohoo

[bubba]

When I orginally removed my HICAS, I just looped the lines back into each other at the back of the car.

When I removed the lines and solenoid, I just looped it back into the itself under the resevoir.

I will now be utilising those looped lines to install a cooler

[OBSESSION]

Great Thread!

Just 1 Question - On the GTR R32,

When you get to the stage where you remove the Red Circled pipe in the Pic below and blank it off on the Power Steering pump,

BUT

Where does the Loose pipe go to, that you have taken off ??

Thanks!!!

[GTSBoy]

In the bin. It runs under the egine, in front of the cross-member over to the HICAS solenoid on the driver's side inner guard. It's not actually going to come out very easily with the engine installed though.

[OBSESSION]

Ok, the 2 pipes that came out of the HICAS solonoide on the drivers side - you must loop together and the other 2 ran to the rear of the car.

So where did this one go to ??

[GTSBoy]

It goes to the HICAS solenoid. I have just finished pulling all that out of my R32. There is absolutely no looping involved when you pull it all out. The front outlet of the power steer pump still just goes to and from the rack, and the rear outlet of the power steer pump doesn't exist, because you replace the old R32 pump with a newer one and get a new line made up. All the rear steer plumbing goes in the bin.

[OBSESSION]

It goes to the HICAS solenoid. I have just finished pulling all that out of my R32. There is absolutely no looping involved when you pull it all out. The front outlet of the power steer pump still just goes to and from the rack, and the rear outlet of the power steer pump doesn't exist, because you replace the old R32 pump with a newer one and get a new line made up. All the rear steer plumbing goes in the bin.

So you removed the section with the fluid cooler on the drivrs side as well . . . ? (where most loop the 2 pipes together)

[GTSBoy]

All gone. My "cooler" has been out of circuit for years anyway because it had a crimp in it, was causing high pressure and leakage in the power steering circuit. So my car had been looped out there for a decade already. But now it's all gone. I plumbed a spare little auto trans cooler into the new power steering circuit to provide more cooling than it will ever need (trying to compensate for the previous years of neglect!)

[OBSESSION]

Cool, Thanks!