Re: [AMC-List] Two Requests

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
" 
" First I have a friend with a 63 American convertible
" (pink by the way) who wants to install power steering.
"  He has the OHV 196 engine but he would like to
" install conventional power steering with a Saginaw
" box, not the "ram type" power steering which I think
" came on these cars.  Does anyone know how to do this? 
" What parts to look for?  He does not do his own work,
" so he will be dropping a pile of parts in the lap of a
" local mechanic to make the switch.

on all the later cars until the early '70s at least - and i assume on
these also - the setup required the adapter plate to mount the big
saginaw 700 ps gear to the manual-gear bolt pattern on the frame.  you
also need a two-piece steering column shaft with a coupling flange,
and of course the ps pump, pulleys, and brackets for the engine.

this might be an excellent situation to use the smaller saginaw 605 ps
gear from a chevy vega, as it has the manual-box mounting pattern
right off.  it's very popular with the '50s chevy rod crowd for this
reason.
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Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
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