Have any advice/ extra parts laying around?

I'm looking for some advice here, I love my truck as a daily driver but want to make it more enjoyable to drive. I want to put in a power steering pump but am not sure how I could go about it on my 235ci straight six, or even if my engine has enough extra power to run it. Pretty sure it does tho.

I'm sure I can switch something in from another year or other make or model, I just don't know what I would be looking for. If anyone knows of some years/makes I could switch in, or even an old pump they have laying around I would eagerly take it off your hands. I live in the Orange County area, but will pay postage.

Also, as far as installing it I would have no problem fabbing one up.

I'll look into power brakes at a later date.

 

I worked on 60-66s for 10 years doing ps,pb,auto trans swaps etc.

Putting ps and pb on those old trucks is the best thing you could do, they seem like new trucks on the first test ride.

I did do ps on a 60 with the 235. The lack of a spare pulley groove on the crank snout was the problem. I ended up drilling and tapping holes in the front hub to mount a thin ps pulley. I am almost sure the one I used was the thin, flat looking add-on pulley for a small block chevy v8 from the 70s. 3 bolt.

then you need to fab brackets to hold the ps pump.

Match the age style of ps pump to the age range of the chevy ps box, because the older ones have a flared fitting on the 2 lines at the box, as well as the pressure line at the pump. The later ones somewhere in the early 80s? went to "metric" fittings with a flat O-rings instead of flares.


power brakes on a 60-62 standard trans is not as easy as 63-66 because of the dual brake/clutch cylinder. I had to swap to a tiny clutch cyl, and then use an extended type Pb booster along side the clutch cyl. It needed the extended bracket to bring the big part of the booster away from the firewall, so that the small clutch cyl could fit closer to the brake...so the pedals still lined up. i think the booster was 67-72 truck.

 

I found a 78 Nova 4 door with a 250 6 in it. Got P/S and Factory air. I was just going to use the front sub, but decided to rebuild the 6 and keep the accs. Maybe look in the unlikely cars, you won't have to fab brackets.....

 

I have a 68 -72 I believe chevelle power steering pump If that will work for you Pm me. It bolts to the frame

 

if you can find a 55-59(?) chevy car power steering pump/generator combo, that would make it easier....

 

You might find the pieces you need on a 62 car if the truck is running an alternatorr but it may be simpler to fab the power steering pump bracket and be done with it.

It's not considered the best idea but you can build the brackets so that the pump lines up with the existing pulleys and run one belt for everything. I've done that on my ot truck for the past two years and it works ok and so far hasn't eaten a belt.
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I had a dual groove balancer made for just this very reason. Same size as the original damper but has two grooves. BHJ makes them, PM me and i might be able to help you.

 

Kayaba (KYB) makes a neat little pump that will mount almost anywhere. They do use a banjo fitting for the pressure side, so you'd need to adapt a hose to go to the box. The pumps have a remote reservoir and no built in brackets. They're used on almost every Japanese car, and the pressure is compatible with a Chevy box. Most of the racing power steering pumps out there are based on this design.
The Delphi pumps on later model GM products would be another good one to look at.