Power Steering system for the Dodge 230 Power Wagon using integrated mount for Ford pump and GM alternator. Installed without head bolt disruption.
Date(s): Sep 13, 2009. Album by chris case. Photos by chris case. 1 - 16 of 26 Total. 6199 Visits.
1 An early design, on my own truck. Note the serpentine belt, idler, and adjustment via alternator movement.
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3 Rear-er view.
4 Early bracket.
5 Rear pic of early bracket design.
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7 ditto
8 My gear box, showing how I used a bunch of fittings to stretch the pressure line. I did grind away several of the protrusions on the box to enable a tighter fit. Careful, they do have fluid passages drilled inside.
9 Frame mod, done by heating red with an acetylene torch and bending with an antique monkey wrench.
10 Modification to frame rail to suit the Saginaw box. I feel any loss of temper (if there is any from the factory) to the frame rail is better than the notching that others do. The notching would cause a 'strss riser', all the flex would happen in the same place leading to fatigue.
11 Fabricated bracket to suit the Saginaw reverse rotation box. I used umm 3x5x 3/8" angle iron. One nut shown, weld four on as spagcers. Angle of cut is to suit, figure it out by sticking box into location, shaft through hole in frame, measure angle while holding box up with one hand. I recall 43°? Drill the bolt holes after fabrication, and bending lip of frame. Hole saw big hole, enlarge hole in frame also, to suit nose of box.
12 A different 'Great-grand-helper', Gabe driving his sister Laurel. I think they went to Disneyland that day, in their dreams.
13 Later iteration, belt is tensioned with a pivoting tensioner. I'm running a multi-vee serpentine system on my own truck, but I don't like the way I did the crank and water pump pulleys. I think billets are in order.
14 Rear view of system with tensioner.
15 Similar bracket, this one an integrated GM alt plus a Sanden air conditioning compressor.
