'68 318 to carbed Magnum 5.2: Check my checklist
I went ahead and installed the 1980's Van/Ramcharger style P/S bracket this evening, knowing now how Ma Mopar intended its installation. I put a washer at the bottom to space out the bottom bolt, which would have originally been spaced forward by the magnetic pickup adapter:
Lots of space to read the timing marks, and the two-bracket setup (not including the PS tensioner) is super simple:
Everything went on fine - but then I realized that the dogbone is in the way of one of the water pump holes used by the Bouchillon Sanden brackets. Then it finally dawned on me that the dogbone is a spacer for the air pumps used on these engines. It isn't needed at all, not even for reinforcement (the casting is really light aluminum and wouldn't hold up to much stress at all).
That said, I'm going to order a PS pump rebuild kit, and remove the dogbone soon as I have the Bouchillon brackets on hand.
-Kurt
I went ahead and installed the 1980's Van/Ramcharger style P/S bracket this evening, knowing now how Ma Mopar intended its installation. I put a washer at the bottom to space out the bottom bolt, which would have originally been spaced forward by the magnetic pickup adapter:
Lots of space to read the timing marks, and the two-bracket setup (not including the PS tensioner) is super simple:
Everything went on fine - but then I realized that the dogbone is in the way of one of the water pump holes used by the Bouchillon Sanden brackets. Then it finally dawned on me that the dogbone is a spacer for the air pumps used on these engines. It isn't needed at all, not even for reinforcement (the casting is really light aluminum and wouldn't hold up to much stress at all).
That said, I'm going to order a PS pump rebuild kit, and remove the dogbone soon as I have the Bouchillon brackets on hand.
-Kurt
