
VERADO STEERING/PUMPSET MANUAL FURUNO USA, INC.
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3. SYSTEMDESCRIPTIONANDCONNECTIONS
3.1 OilfromthePumpUnitflowstothehelmthroughport<P>andreturnstothePumpUnit
fromport<R>(Thisisreferredtoastheprimarycircuit).Thepumpunithasapressurerelief
valvebuiltin.Thehelmpumphasanon‐returncheckvalvelocatedinternally,inthe
pressureport.Asthesteeringwheelhelmpumpisrotatedinthestarboarddirectionitwill
directoilfromthepressureportintothestarboardline.Thenoilfromtheportlineis
directedtothereturnport.ThestarboardandportlinesaremarkedL(left)andR(right)on
thebackofthehelmpump.
3.2 Whenmultiplehelmpumpsareused,theprimarycircuitlines(PandT)areconnectedin
series,asshowninFigures2.3and2.4Theoutputportsofthemultiplehelmpumps(Land
R)areconnectedinparallel.
3.3 Theautopilotreversingpumpisconnectedinparallelwiththehelmpumpoutletsasshown
inthelinedrawings.
3.4 Theteefittingsandadapterssupplied(SAE‐06toSAE‐04)connectdirectlytothereversing
pumpusingtheSAE‐06portsinthepumpblock.
3.5 Thehosesfromthehelmpump(LandR)arerelocatedtotheoutletfittingsinthereversing
pump.Thehosessuppliedareconnectedbetweenthehelmpump(LandR)andtheother
sideoftheteesonthereversingpump.
3.6 Thefilllinebetweenthelowerhelmandthepumpunitistobecutandahosebarbedtee
inserted.Smallgearclampsareprovidedtoensurethehosebarbconnectionsdonotcome
apart.Thethirdportfromtheteeisconnectedtothefillportonthereversingpump.This
filllineshouldhaveagradualslopefromthereversingpumptotheteetoallowairto
escapefromthereversingpump.
4. SAMPLECONNECTIONPICTURE