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Power steering... Maybe at one point?

Old 07-04-2009, 04:36 AM
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Default Power steering... Maybe at one point?

Ok, I was looking at the serpintine kits by March. And I was looking at the chart that said what the kit had and didn't have. and the year range model for mine.

What Confused me is this. My 68 at one point had functioning A/C... probably functional before one of the previous owners swapped out the old 289 for a 302. Here's where I'm a bit stumped. There is a Check mark for JUST power steering... and a check mark for Power steering AND A/C... But everyone that had a check mark for A/C also had a check mark for Power Steering. There is none for a Non Power Steering car with A/C. So does that mean since it had A/C, at one point in time my car had Power Steering?...
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Old 07-04-2009, 05:03 AM
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easy way for you to find out is see if you have the bracket for the PS ram on the left frame rail is bolted on


or get a marti report then you will know a lot about your car
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Old 07-04-2009, 05:25 AM
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yeah you can check for that bracket, but that can be removed as well...
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Old 07-04-2009, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by 4reboy
yeah you can check for that bracket, but that can be removed as well...
Yeah, but the bracket 'sertnuts in the bottom of the frame were only installed in PS cars. Since they are a total pain to remove, if you had PS, they will still be there.

You could have AC without PS. The pulley sheaves for PS simply went unused.
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Old 07-05-2009, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 2+2GT
Yeah, but the bracket 'sertnuts in the bottom of the frame were only installed in PS cars. Since they are a total pain to remove, if you had PS, they will still be there.

You could have AC without PS. The pulley sheaves for PS simply went unused.


Are these the holes you mean? They are right below the steering box. And the indintation to the left of the top hole on the side going towards the ground is also a hole.
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Old 07-05-2009, 10:03 PM
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Try taking a pic thats not so close, hard tell in that one, or at least its hard for me to tell.
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Old 07-05-2009, 11:43 PM
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you can see the bracket under my frame rail

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Old 07-06-2009, 09:03 AM
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Nice brakes there Rmodel!
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Old 07-06-2009, 03:57 PM
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yep, thats the bracket for the power steering ram. the head of it is like the top of a shock absorber and it goes through there.
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Old 07-06-2009, 07:07 PM
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So is it those two bolts on the right, above the SS lines?
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