Awesome. I hope it works and if not you can use it for parts. I am happy to see it is going to good hands. I had completely forgotten about it and it is of no use to me since I am using the Saginaw pump setup. One less box in my garage.
Good info, thanks, but it often eventually comes down to shipping cost for a lot of ePay stuff. Many times I see an item for a few bucks, but the shipping is like 5 times higher, especially cross border. eBay is often my last resort for hat reason.
That is always a good thing to bring up but all of my parts have had either free shipping or reasonable shipping.....but it also boils down to how bad you need the part is to whether the buyer would pay unreasonable shipping. But you're right! Always verify shipping before bidding or buying now. I found the 4 inch long radiator fan blade bolts on eBay.......only on eBay. Nobody, not even WCCC had it.
Yes indeed, one thing leads to another. Aren't those the lyrics of a song!!
I agree, check on shipping first, but if it is the only option, it is what it is.
I used the kit from autozone. Its $35 to use it and you get back all your money when you bring it back the next day. https://www.autozone.com/loan-a-too...7031-pulley-puller-and-installer-kit/2075_0_0
Lookin' good Chris.
A few days ago, I was researching the correct color for the reservoir. I came up with semi-gloss black. Oddly enough, one of the best sources for this sort of info said black while showing a picture of a pump having a blue reservoir. I noticed your blue housing and wonder if Ford installed both blue and black, from the factory? Do any of you know?
For whatever is worth it, my car had a Ford blue pump when I purchased it 8 years back. However, I don't know if it was the original.
........... And the mystery continues!! I'm wondering if Ford had more that one supplier for those reservoirs and hence the reason why 2 colors. Or, could it be the "fancy cars" got nice shiny blue and the less fancy cars got black.......... but then they all got mixed up anyway, who knows.
Just to confuse things further, my housing was black, but as I removed the paint I found the blue underneath. LOL. My assumption is that it came blue, at some point was repaired by the previous owner and was just repainted black because that's what he had on hand.
Geoff. You now have a legit blue can coming your way. If it proves to be original you may be hitting a jack pot
I had my 71 Mach 1 351 Cleveland original PS pump rebuilt by Chip Woyner at powersteering.com. He did a great job and really knows his craft and these old pumps. He detailed the pump and I also selected the fast conversion ratio 12:1 ratio. The fast ration conversion made a huge difference in steering feel/play. He can be reached on 417-864-6676 (Springfield, MO).
Good info thanks. Mine is the variable ratio at 16 and 13:1, so for now, that's the way it will stay. I have another V/R box rebuilt ready to go if I need to swap it out. Personally, I don't mind the V/R box, but I have driven a fixed 17.5:1 ratio car, and it seemed really "odd" to say the least.
Ah, interesting. When I take mine apart, it will need a refresh anyway, so I'll sand it back to bare metal and see it it really was blue originally and got repainted at some point over the years. It may of course, already be a reman and not the original as I assumed. We'll see. It likely will remain low gloss black regardless.
