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[Jimbabwe]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Did you say you have a power rack,... but no p/s pump?
Would you be better off running a manual rack?

I would keep it power and add a set of these brackets:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/194-215-230-...sories&vxp=mtr

You will like driving your truck so much more with power steering.

Yes, I have the power rack run manually because I couldn't find brackets. Thanks for that link, btw!! Nate had even given me the name of Alan Grove, but he had nothing, so I ran it manually. I called Unisteer and they told me it's been done, but the teeth on a manual rack are deeper and engage better. Trying to muscle the truck around definitely makes for a less enjoyable and responsive feeling truck.
I have also been thinking of keeping the EGR(?) pump on it since you never see those left on, and having someone fab brackets to keep the PS pump in between that and the alternator, which I also need to upgrade since it's only a 65amp. I'm guessing a CS130 at 100 amps could be the ticket for the two compressors. I have no radio, AC, electric fans...

[Jimbabwe]

Leon, those ARE nice lips, aren't they? Although I've seen nicer...

[Jimbabwe]

The right accessories make all the difference.

[Rochlow]

LOVE the PBR box!!!!

[Jimbabwe]

I know, right?! I was looking for a beat up rusty box I could actually store some stuff in and throw some pinstripes on, but this caught my eye in a Sanford & Son-like junk shop I passed one day.
I just bought those power steering brackets, btw. Thanks lowlife99!

[lolife99]

Cool deal on the brackets!

What size tire are you using on the rear of your truck!
It looks perfect!

[Jimbabwe]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Cool deal on the brackets!

What size tire are you using on the rear of your truck!
It looks perfect!

Yeah, thanks for that!
Rear tires are 295/40/20

[Jimbabwe]

Goodbye EGR pump, hello power steering!

[cflvulcan]

Looks great man! Can't wait til I put my stock gate back on and hopefully a stock bumper lol.

Rochlow, where in st albans are you located? As I type im getting unloaded at the st albans co op on federal st.
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[Mad Rods]

Looking good bro!
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[Jimbabwe]

Thanks!

[Rochlow]

Originally Posted by cflvulcan

Looks great man! Can't wait til I put my stock gate back on and hopefully a stock bumper lol.

Rochlow, where in st albans are you located? As I type im getting unloaded at the st albans co op on federal st.
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Right around the corner on Pearl Ave. About a minute from the co-op.
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[cflvulcan]

Oh nice! Yeah I go there quite a bit. Ya got a nice looking project there. Still trying to figure when nim coming to staten island next.
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[Rochlow]

Well let me know next time your in town. You can stop by and check out the project.
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[Bennett68C10]

Truck looks great Jim, all you need now is to get your power steering hooked up and put some put some big brakes on there. It will ride alot more like the sports car you want.
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[Jimbabwe]

Thanks Keith! I've go to fix my sticky throttle too. I did the 71/71 pedal swap and ran a 2wd V8 cable. It's got a short loop in it and is hard as hell to operate. I was going to put the rod assembly back on, but I ordered a Lokar cut-to-fit cable and I'll try that first.
I did put disks in front, but I need to add a booster. It's way too crowded around here for "braking early" to be reliable. I have to figure out what booster to use to have clearance with the stock air cleaner on the I6. I hate the way the offset air cleaner thing looks. Hate it...
Can a booster be mounted directly to the firewall without a bracket unnecessarily pushing it out?

[502ms]

Thanks James! Looks great! I agree...once you fix those items, you will be impressed.
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[lolife99]

Originally Posted by Jimbabwe

Can a booster be mounted directly to the firewall without a bracket unnecessarily pushing it out?

Lots of custom boosters sold here:
http://www.performanceonline.com/universal-brake-parts/

[Jimbabwe]

Thanks!

[Malamute]

Has anyone actually used one of those PS brackets? I ask because my recent purchase "stella mae" has a PS pump/alt bracket on it that Keith recently added(ps install is not complete) but I throw a serp belt after 10 min of driving as the alt pulley does not line up with the crank and fan pulleys. There is no way to shim it forward 3/8" so I am simply going to need a new bracket. I'd hate to drop the $ on one and have the same issue with the one currently on the truck.(sorry for the hijack, I'll start a thread with pics in the right forum)

Truck looks great! You don't have any extra "Step" stickers around by any chance do you? That is awesome.

[Jimbabwe]

Congrats on buying Stella Mae. A great looking truck, like everything else he lays his hands on, from what I've seen.

The description on ebay: "8) Plenty of front to rear adjustment for different belting combinations." Seems like you'd be alright.
On another note, I have a Saginaw pump like the one in the ebay photo from my previous truck, but I want to use the pump I've seen on some other trucks with a narrower reservoir up top which I always see listed as a Chevy pump. Looks neater. I asked and the seller said those are also Saginaw.

Thanks for the compliment. I do have more. PM me.

[Malamute]

Will do, thanks for the response!

[lolife99]

Originally Posted by Malamute

Has anyone actually used one of those PS brackets? I ask because my recent purchase "stella mae" has a PS pump/alt bracket on it that Keith recently added(ps install is not complete) but I throw a serp belt after 10 min of driving as the alt pulley does not line up with the crank and fan pulleys. There is no way to shim it forward 3/8" so I am simply going to need a new bracket. I'd hate to drop the $ on one and have the same issue with the one currently on the truck.(sorry for the hijack, I'll start a thread with pics in the right forum)

Truck looks great! You don't have any extra "Step" stickers around by any chance do you? That is awesome.

Malamute,... can you post pics of the alternator misalignment in a different thread?
I'd like to see what is going on.

[Malamute]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Malamute,... can you post pics of the alternator misalignment in a different thread?
I'd like to see what is going on.

Yes, I'll see if my wife can get a pic shortly. My wife is a photographer and they were tough to get a good pic that shows the alignment issues due to PS pulley and upper rad hose. I'll get one over in the right forum later, gotta go take down Christmas lights.

[Jimbabwe]

Was Keith using the stock PS brackets?