Hello, first time poster to his forum here.. I am looking for a way to install power-steering on a '59 F-100, with 223" motor. By far the hardest challenge is finding a double-sheave crank pulley, to run a separate belt to the PSP. There seems to be possible two ways, and both are virtually made of unobtainium. The "real way" - it seems - is to find the incredibly rare factory double-sheave pulley/balancer combination (one integrated casting). The only one I can find, after calling around for two weeks, is $550. The "other way" is to find the (also super rare) factory bolt-on "outer sheave", a single-sheave pulley that bolts up to the existing cast pulley/balancer (making two sheaves, then), using the large central crank pulley nut, and two smaller bolts on little ears. This p/n for this "outer pulley" (I believe) is C1AE6321-C. Other than that, I am coming up with nada, after weeks of looking/asking. (One person said use just one belt, for all 4 pulleys (WP, crank, Gen., PSP), but the problem with this is that the WP pulley will have SO little surface-area in contact between the belt and the pulley (significantly less than 1/4 of a cir***ference), and my experience is that all engine accessories should have *at least* 1/3 of the cir***ference of the pulley engaged, or you will have slipping and burning of the belt due to inadequate contact between the two. Does anyone out there have experience with this challenge? Does anyone have another suggestion? I would appreciate any new ideas. Thanks !!
You need to ask this on the main forum so more folks will see it. This being the intro forum, it doesn't get as much traffic. Good luck.
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