Did a fair amount of back post reading and it seems that rebuilding is a hit/miss and so are the approx $100 ebay units...
Safe to say Lucky8 for $200 is good to go? Any votes for anyone cheaper?
I'm not against spending extra $ for quality parts but this recently acquired project has a long list of issues to address.
TIA

 

New Power Steering Pump 21-5255 for 99-04 Land Rover Discovery QVB500080 | eBay

Above is the link where I got mine. Installed last year and still working fine.
Gerry

 

These guys do a great job and are reasonable


Rebuilding Factory: Your Part, Rebuilt, Fast!

 

Got mine off RockAuto for way cheap. Seems to work okay.
I'm not sure if I'd know if it was any good. Sort of a binary thing for me. Put it in, works. No idea if a better one would make my life any different.
This is the description from my invoice, (it's $216 CAD now).
1AAE 5371N Power Steering Pump (8413.60.0019) CAD$ 177.28 CAD$ 0.00 1 CAD$ 177.28
Since August 2016, but very little mileage...

 

I picked up a britpart pump from lrdirect for about 80 bucks. Works so far... time will tell. I had to drill the threads out of the top bolt hole for the stud on the head which was weird.

 

What about the hoses? I can't tell if the leak is coming down the pump and covering the hoses, but it almost seems as if the hoses themselves are leaking.

Do most replace everything, or just the PAS pump?

 

Hoses and orings are a good candidate for replacement.. perhaps every 100k or so. They're all easy to do except the high pressure line from Pump to steering box. The radiator needs to be removed.