'68 318 to carbed Magnum 5.2: Check my checklist
Opened up the power steering pumps tonight to "see what I could see."
1989 Ram Van B350 unit at left with press-fit pulley; 1967 (1968) Satellite unit at right with Woodruff keyed pulley:
Since the '89 bracket uses those three holes in the pulley for easy access to the mounting bolts, I'm going to use the later pulley for the purpose, even though it's a bit larger. The van had a virtually identical steering box to the Satellite - I'm hoping the difference in pulley diameter won't make that much of a difference.
Not sure which flow valve to use though - the old valve from the '67 pump is 1/16" shorter, but has the same three washers as spacers against the spring.
This little discovery has me ticked just a bit though. Since it's a 1980+ pump, it has metric mounting threads. Supposedly the pressure valve hose adapter is metric as well:
I'd like to avoid any metric if I can - bad enough to lug around imperial sockets alone - and I'm not sure if I can swap the '89 shaft onto the '67. I believe I have a third Saginaw spare from my '79 Lincoln as well, so I'm not without options.
-Kurt
Opened up the power steering pumps tonight to "see what I could see."
1989 Ram Van B350 unit at left with press-fit pulley; 1967 (1968) Satellite unit at right with Woodruff keyed pulley:
Since the '89 bracket uses those three holes in the pulley for easy access to the mounting bolts, I'm going to use the later pulley for the purpose, even though it's a bit larger. The van had a virtually identical steering box to the Satellite - I'm hoping the difference in pulley diameter won't make that much of a difference.
Not sure which flow valve to use though - the old valve from the '67 pump is 1/16" shorter, but has the same three washers as spacers against the spring.
This little discovery has me ticked just a bit though. Since it's a 1980+ pump, it has metric mounting threads. Supposedly the pressure valve hose adapter is metric as well:
I'd like to avoid any metric if I can - bad enough to lug around imperial sockets alone - and I'm not sure if I can swap the '89 shaft onto the '67. I believe I have a third Saginaw spare from my '79 Lincoln as well, so I'm not without options.
-Kurt
