Re: 67 American power steering conversion?

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

Ken,

The swap is pretty straight forward using factory parts. The only parts 
that are hard to get are the brackets, pulley, steering box adapter, and 
rag joint (actually, that one may not be too bad, you can probably get it 
for a GM car). Everything else can be purchased from an auto parts store. 
Take a look at http://www.mattsoldcars.com/RestoreAmerican/powersteer.shtml 
for a how-to. You can use 1966 - 1974 small cars (American, Hornet, 
Gremlin) as donors. 64 and 65 American's may also be good donors but I'm 
not 100% sure if they used Saginaw power steering or not.

Matt

At 05:48 PM 3/13/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> " From: usfl_fan1@xxxxxxxxx
> "
> " Sounds like a giant headache...otherwise, how hard is it to rebuild a
> " manual steering box for an AMC? Where would I find the parts for it
> " and lastly, where would be a good place to find a used one?
> "
> " Thanks again,
> " Ken
>
> dunno how hard, but like the power box it's a saginaw, used by legions
> of gm cars and light trucks up into the '90s at least.  parts and used
> boxes are plentiful whereever you find gm.
>
> btw i put a fast manual box [16:1, 3t] into my '68 american.  parking
> is a bit tough if i can't roll the car, but i can one-hand it at any
> normal road speed and i don't consider myself an athlete.
>
> i like it a lot.  steering is now fast enough that i almost never have
> to move my hands on the wheel.
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mhaas@xxxxxxx
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http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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