Maybe it is one. I just didn't see the curve. Here's my setup (I also added hydro assist). I added a plate on the inside of the frame rail and sleeved the bolt holes.
1970 FatherSonJ40 project
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Mine definitely doesn’t have the curve like yours. But it’s advertised as 40/60/80? I think it’ll work.
I got the steering shaft finalized as well and that feels really good. Turns very smoothly.
Then started putting the power steering pump and brackets together. Like a dummy I put the pulley on backwards, so had to order a puller to try that again. My head bolts look like they’ve been sitting in mud for the past five decades, so probably a good thing I’ve got a new motor in the works!
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Finally got the my replacement pulley on (using a claw puller to remove the one I put on backwards ended up warping it, stupid $35 mistake!) and now that I've got everything mounted, I find myself a member of the "wide belt, narrow PS pulley" club, that I didn't know existed till I got in this far! Honestly why is the non-keyed pump sold in the kits from so many vendors?! From what I can tell, you can run a narrow belt with decent success in the wide pulleys, but dang it feels like the keyed PS pump is the same cost as the press and a much better starting point for all of these setups! My alternator is only held at the bottom, as it appears the top slider bolt is broken off the front of the motor and the POs have just tighten the crap out of that mount. It's actually pretty solid, and short of getting new mounts, looks like my only option too. With some adjusting, I was able to get the alt and the PS pump oriented just right, though not a lot of clearance for the return hose. I don't think I got a pic of the final alignment now that I look at these, but I was able to arrange them to fit, though not sure I'm loving the belt wrap on the alternator (or lack there of).
Anyways, the last pic is a shot of my head bolt that looks like it was sitting in a swamp! Both of the front two look like that, which makes me think a blown head gasket is the culprit, these should come out bone dry right? Thankfully I've got a new motor in the works, but I would like to drive this for a while before I get to that swap...
Anyways, the last pic is a shot of my head bolt that looks like it was sitting in a swamp! Both of the front two look like that, which makes me think a blown head gasket is the culprit, these should come out bone dry right? Thankfully I've got a new motor in the works, but I would like to drive this for a while before I get to that swap...
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Not much progress lately on account of snow, frigid temps and most importantly a new baby! Should find some time in the next month to get this power steering wrapped up. In the meantime, would you look what showed up today and somehow weaseled it’s way into my garage:
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Just might open up a can of new ones!
I had a look at tractor supply the other day and they have a ton of keyway pulleys with set screws for the wide belt for cheap. I think drilling a small set screw spot in the pump shaft would be the way to go there.
