[clay68c10]

If you have access to an alignment machine you could play around with the caster and see how it goes. I can say that my truck originally was manual steering and it was a mofo to turn. This was back when I was a high school kid. I've driven some other manual steering vehicles and they're all similar. Unless you're moving, it's difficult.

If you get the LS truck style pump, it should work fine. You can swap the pressure output fitting and use the old style lines. I don't know about the other types of pumps.

Either way, it's awesome that you have it up and running.