Manual to power steering conversion?

[RustyPile]

Originally Posted by pjmoreland

You've got me wondering if I've got the wrong idler arm on my truck. The only idler arm part number I can find on the Moog website for 67-72 C/10 and C/20 trucks is K6096T, and that's what I've got. Do you know what part number you installed?

Same part # K6096T, but who knows??? It's been almost 2 years since I did the job.. I keep all the invoices on my truck. I pulled those numbers from one of those invoices. Maybe Moog has changed their inventory and re-assigned or combined part numbers.. That sort of thing happens all the time..

What sticks out in my mind from the job is the hoses.. BBCs use a remote mounted P/S reservoir and I didn't want that.. We had to look at several pumps before we found one with the proper oriented return fitting. The return hose was almost $50.00 ($40 something) so I fabricated one using some 3/8" brake line and "bulk" return hose.. Cost me about 5 bux.. We had to go through a number of hoses before we found one that would fit.. I had to trim the inner fender panel for clearance around the hose fittings on the gear box..