hilbily

Finally got the alternator bracket on my big block with air and now I'm having trouble with the power steering pump and or bracket. I'm assuming the pump uses the two top holes in the alternator bracket into the head but there is no clearance for belts or adjustment. Anybody have a pic of the left front so I can physically see if I'm going in the right direction. I did take pictures with my phone but don't know how to put them online from my phone. Going to spin out and go ballistic here pretty quick. Thanks again.

2blu442

First, lets make sure which power steering pump you have. Here's the one that would have been correct for a 1968. Newer ones will work too, but for starters does yours look like this?

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hilbily

Not close, tear drop shape with the pump between two steel brackets.

2blu442

That's not ringing a bell with me. Here's a few other years, does it look like any of these?

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hilbily

I've got pics but can't figure how to send them to CO. Can I email you the pics? I can do that or text. Thanks....

2blu442

I'll send you my email address through a PM

John

2blu442

OK, I suspect your reservoir is the same one as the last four pictures I posted. Kinda squarish sides, I can see the teardrop shape. But the brackets don't look like anything I'm familiar with. Are you sure this is from an Oldsmobile. Anybody else recognize these brackets? Would you send me a picture of the backside that I can add to the thread? John

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MDchanic

Wow. What is that bracket from?!? I checked all the Divisions, and nothing I could find looks like it.

- Eric

Octania

Pontiac Olds engine maybe?

hilbily

I got it with, not bolted to a mid 70's 350 Old's. The bolt spacing is roughly 2", fits the pattern on the front of the head. With some spacers cut I could make it work but won't allow a belt to go on the alternator. I'm thinking what I need is that first pic you showed me. I have a stud on the bottom, a stud in the water pump and a threaded boss on the left side of the block down by the oil pan rail.

hilbily

Ill get a rear pic tomorrow, kinda late here. Thanks again for the help.

MDchanic

What you need is definitely the set of brackets in the picture below.

Don't bang your head into the wall for no reason.

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- Eric

68_convert

looks like a Chrysler product power steering pump.

Octania

KA steering pump pulley my notes say is
pre-metric, press-on

So, press-on started about 1973 and metric started about 1977.
Still looks like Pontiac Olds-engine PS bracketry to me

2blu442

Bottom line, I agree with Eric that you need to get a different set of brackets.

Here's some additional photos of the mystery power steering pump. The first is the back side showing the rest of the bracket. Then the next two are the pully that came on the pump. John

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MDchanic

Looks like it's a '77-'79 TransAm 403 part.

Octania wins, though he suggested the converse.

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Unless you have a full set of TransAm brackets and pulleys, this ain't gonna work.

- Eric