On 01/08/2011 05:59 PM, Tim Wescott wrote:
Just to show that real metalworking discussion happens on this group,
I'm happy to report that I took a pulley off a power steering pump today
-- after much too much time.

Problem:

Swap-meet pump has brackets that don't fit, and a stud that some @#$%

-- drivel snipped --

seats, and the radiator from god only knows what, was obviously
convinced that he was a mechanical genius. I'm not so sure of that.

Update: the pump is in, with only low comedy for 'incidents'.

I got it on, took the old front pulley off the engine, then grabbed the
nearest front pulley I had -- damn, it don't fit that there harmonic
balancer thingie. Nor did the other two floating around on the surface.
Damn, damn, and furthermore -- crap. I was just about to start
cutting metal on something when I saw the _other_ thing I yanked of my
brother's parts engine -- the front pulley that's right for the engine.
Yay! I'm saved!

Now I just need a belt and hoses, and I'll have power steering.

--

Tim Wescott
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