One more detail on swapping pumps and steering boxes -- some time in the late 70's/early 80's everyone (and AMC) went from flare fittings to O-ring fittings for the hoses. The good news is, fitting itself can be swapped between the two; on the pump and the box, it is simply threaded in. I converted an 80's pump to drive my 1970 steering box by doing this (since it was OK and in place). On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 16:23, Matt Haas wrote: > 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. > >________________________________________________________________________ > >Andrew Hay the genius nature > >internet rambler is to see what all have seen > >adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought > > mhaas@xxxxxxx > Cincinnati, OH > http://www.mattsoldcars.com > 1967 Rambler American wagon > 1968 Rambler American sedan > =============================================================== > According to a February survey of Internet holdouts released by > UCLA's Center for Communication Policy, people cite > not having a computer as the No. 1 reason they won't go online. > > > >