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1LIME69 · 04-18-2010, 10:11 AM

Can someone tell me what mods if any will have to be done on my 69 C-10 BB to install a power steering pump w/resevoir. Wanting to use March Performance brackets and pulleys. CPP sells a BB and a SB pump. Whats the difference? Is there a better pump or are they all similar.

msgross · 04-18-2010, 10:28 AM

CPPjeff is a board vendor... I'd give him a PM or a call..

1LIME69 · 04-18-2010, 10:33 AM

OK thanks msgross. Might do that. Still does anyone know if I will have to notch the frame with the March brackets.

rsavage · 04-18-2010, 10:45 AM

The march billet PS pump bracket that bolts to the lower block holes did not work on my 66. I ended up using a 65 vette mount. Don't know if a march bracket would work on a 67-72 frame. The ones pictured appear to be bolted to the water pump. I wonder if that set up would interfere with your alternator if it is on the driver's side. PS Pumps have return line fittings that point either up or down. Depending on the bracket used the fitting can interfere with the bracket slide area. Can't tell you about the differences, if any, between big block vs. small block pumps other than I think the 71 402 I had had a separate reservoir-but it's been a lot of years. I've got all small block stuff now.

1LIME69 · 04-18-2010, 11:04 AM

Yea I have heard that the factory big block trucks had a remote resevoir. Thats why I am curious if there is enough room for the set-up I'm wanting to go with. Im sure someone on here has the right answer for me.

1LIME69 · 04-18-2010, 02:02 PM

Come on you California guys just getting up tell me some experiences you've had. Need some help.

suprachrgd82 · 12-20-2010, 08:06 PM

Is this thread dead?

I have been waiting and looking since Febuary to get an aftermarket bracket for the power steering pump. My truck is a 1970 C30 1-ton, BBC, SWP. The bracket that is required to clear the frame (correct me if I am wrong) is also used on BBC Vettes and Chevelles from the late 60's. The pump sits higher, and further out than the off-the-shelf brackets.

The size of the SBC allows the pump to be mounted close to the centerline of the truck, away from the frame, unlike the BBC. Some SBC brakets look like the pump/pulley would sit inside the C-rail of the chassis.

Black Mountain Precision makes a bracket that looks like it sits 1/2 way between the OEM and aftermarket. I just got one, and have yet to try it. This is the closest I have found to any aftermarket BBC application.

I also have one being machined for me at a local shop. I have been waiting since February for it to be made, and am told it is nearing completion. I started a thread back then: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=380982
Not sure what it will look like or how it will work, but it will be billet aluminum. I'll update the thread when I get it in my grubby little hands.

04-18-2010, 10:11 AM	#1
1LIME69 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Alexis, NC Posts: 182	Puzzled on power steering Can someone tell me what mods if any will have to be done on my 69 C-10 BB to install a power steering pump w/resevoir. Wanting to use March Performance brackets and pulleys. CPP sells a BB and a SB pump. Whats the difference? Is there a better pump or are they all similar. Attached Images __________________ "The Ultimate Sleeper" 69' SWB, Holley EFI 525 ci. BB, TH350, 3.73 Eaton posi/Moser axles, 1350 diveshaft, Vintec's 20"x8.5" and 20"x12", OPP windows, CPP rear coilover conversion

04-18-2010, 10:28 AM	#2
msgross Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Central PA Posts: 12,201	Re: Puzzled on power steering CPPjeff is a board vendor... I'd give him a PM or a call.. __________________ The Garage: 1968 K-10 SWB - "Project Money Pit" 1996 Z-71 - "huntin rig" 1969 C-10 LWB (SOLD) "Project flip that truck or else" 1993 Passport, F@rd 1-ton (SOLD)"Project Cousin Eddie" My Garage Build "The 1,000 footer"

04-18-2010, 10:33 AM	#3
1LIME69 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Alexis, NC Posts: 182	Re: Puzzled on power steering OK thanks msgross. Might do that. Still does anyone know if I will have to notch the frame with the March brackets. __________________ "The Ultimate Sleeper" 69' SWB, Holley EFI 525 ci. BB, TH350, 3.73 Eaton posi/Moser axles, 1350 diveshaft, Vintec's 20"x8.5" and 20"x12", OPP windows, CPP rear coilover conversion

04-18-2010, 10:45 AM	#4
rsavage Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Alden NY Posts: 2,705	Re: Puzzled on power steering The march billet PS pump bracket that bolts to the lower block holes did not work on my 66. I ended up using a 65 vette mount. Don't know if a march bracket would work on a 67-72 frame. The ones pictured appear to be bolted to the water pump. I wonder if that set up would interfere with your alternator if it is on the driver's side. PS Pumps have return line fittings that point either up or down. Depending on the bracket used the fitting can interfere with the bracket slide area. Can't tell you about the differences, if any, between big block vs. small block pumps other than I think the 71 402 I had had a separate reservoir-but it's been a lot of years. I've got all small block stuff now. __________________ 1961 C1 Corvette 1959 El Camino 350 TPI, 9" 4 w disc 69 Blazer K5 - sold July '20 2021 Durango RT 5.7

04-18-2010, 11:04 AM	#5
1LIME69 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Alexis, NC Posts: 182	Re: Puzzled on power steering Yea I have heard that the factory big block trucks had a remote resevoir. Thats why I am curious if there is enough room for the set-up I'm wanting to go with. Im sure someone on here has the right answer for me. __________________ "The Ultimate Sleeper" 69' SWB, Holley EFI 525 ci. BB, TH350, 3.73 Eaton posi/Moser axles, 1350 diveshaft, Vintec's 20"x8.5" and 20"x12", OPP windows, CPP rear coilover conversion

04-18-2010, 02:02 PM	#6
1LIME69 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Alexis, NC Posts: 182	Re: Puzzled on power steering Come on you California guys just getting up tell me some experiences you've had. Need some help. __________________ "The Ultimate Sleeper" 69' SWB, Holley EFI 525 ci. BB, TH350, 3.73 Eaton posi/Moser axles, 1350 diveshaft, Vintec's 20"x8.5" and 20"x12", OPP windows, CPP rear coilover conversion

12-20-2010, 08:06 PM	#7
suprachrgd82 Farmtruck desciple Join Date: May 2009 Location: 90605 Posts: 158	Re: Puzzled on power steering Is this thread dead? I have been waiting and looking since Febuary to get an aftermarket bracket for the power steering pump. My truck is a 1970 C30 1-ton, BBC, SWP. The bracket that is required to clear the frame (correct me if I am wrong) is also used on BBC Vettes and Chevelles from the late 60's. The pump sits higher, and further out than the off-the-shelf brackets. The size of the SBC allows the pump to be mounted close to the centerline of the truck, away from the frame, unlike the BBC. Some SBC brakets look like the pump/pulley would sit inside the C-rail of the chassis. Black Mountain Precision makes a bracket that looks like it sits 1/2 way between the OEM and aftermarket. I just got one, and have yet to try it. This is the closest I have found to any aftermarket BBC application. I also have one being machined for me at a local shop. I have been waiting since February for it to be made, and am told it is nearing completion. I started a thread back then: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=380982 Not sure what it will look like or how it will work, but it will be billet aluminum. I'll update the thread when I get it in my grubby little hands. Last edited by suprachrgd82; 12-21-2010 at 01:10 PM.



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