Inherited a Street Beast from my dad

ziggy75 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-29-2014, 05:11 AM

Guys, I really appreciate the sentiment advice and encouragement. I felt the same way with keeping the 460. I have a picture of him pulling the motor out of the Lincoln. I should post it if I can find it.

Does anyone know about the crank driven power steering pump? It has one and my original intent was to remove it but now I am having second thoughts.

cycleguy55 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-29-2014, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by ziggy75

Does anyone know about the crank driven power steering pump? It has one and my original intent was to remove it but now I am having second thoughts.

If I was in your shoes, I'd take a look at what I have in front of me. If you have an engine with a power steering pump and a power steering rack, then keep it all, hook it up and use it.

OTOH, if it was me and knowing what I know now after owning a Cobra with power steering, I'd remove the pump (and keep it for possible later use) if the rack is a manual one. Just my $0.02.

Keep in mind whichever way you go now you can always change it later. In my (brief) experience, these cars are projects, they're never really completed.

ziggy75 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-29-2014, 10:02 AM

He opted for a power steering rack. It is already set on the frame and attached at wheels. It would seem to be fairly simple to reuse the current pump at crank and run a line to the rack and a line to a reservoir. The current reservoir is a can that is attached at the engine. My thoughts were to remove this and use a power steering reservoir off a newer ford and attach on fender apron.