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Old Jul 4, 2009 | 04:36 AM
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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?...
Old Jul 4, 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
Old Jul 4, 2009 | 05:25 AM
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yeah you can check for that bracket, but that can be removed as well...
Old Jul 4, 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.
Old Jul 5, 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.
Old Jul 5, 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.
Old Jul 5, 2009 | 11:43 PM
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you can see the bracket under my frame rail

Old Jul 6, 2009 | 09:03 AM
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Nice brakes there Rmodel!
Old Jul 6, 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.
Old Jul 6, 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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