Power Steering Bracket Needed

[Gary Lewis]

ArdWrknTrk wrote

It's D8AZ-A

'83-'89 F-100-350, F-Superduty and F53 stripped chassis.

The only engine available in all of those is a 460.

Good catch, Jim.  So the 351W nor the IDI was available in those?  I didn't know that.  

[Jermd21]

Gary,

Nice work!  You guys are awesome. I can use the pulley off of that pump (E3TC 3D673 CA) if you can spare it. Thank you again for the help.

[Gary Lewis]

I can spare the pulley, but I need to get it off in order to get the bracket off so we can ID the bracket.  (I can't find the ID# but then it is greasy and I can't see all of it with it mounted.)  But I loaned the puller out so will get it back from Steve/FoxFord33 and then I can get it apart and look for the #.

So if you can get the ID# off of yours then we can make sure this is the right one.

If those rascals had put bolts in there just long enough to come to the back edge of the bracket then I might have been able to get it off w/o removing the pulley.  

[Jermd21]

Gary,

You identified the very reason I broke the bracket and need a new pulley. I decided force was better than the right tool for the job…and it didn’t work out too well.

Upon further scrubbing I did find a number on that bracket. I can’t make it out for sure but I believe it’s d6ac8a732aa. I’ll try to search some using that number to see what I find. Thanks again.

Jeremy D.

[ArdWrknTrk]

Note that I said available in ALL of those...

The IDI was never available in 100-150 trucks.
The 351 HO is not nearly enough for a F-450 (Superduty) or a 30' motorhome.

So what appeared in '83, and stayed carbureted (V-belt) through '89 in Motorhomes and Superduty???   🤔

[Gary Lewis]

ArdWrknTrk wrote

So what appeared in '83, and stayed carbureted (V-belt) through '89 in Motorhomes and Superduty???   🤔

A 385 series?  

As for the ID#, let's start with the PN that Jim suggested: E3TZ 3A732-A.  That cross references to: D8AC 3A732- AA, A1A, or A2A.  So I'll bet your "d6ac 8a732aa" is actually D8AC 8A732-AA.  Trust me, the 6's and 8's are really hard to tell apart, as I proved on that AIR bracket earlier - it is clearly an 8, but there is no such ID# and a 6 works perfectly.

So if I can find one of those #'s on this part we'll have a match.

[Gary Lewis]

Where did you find that number?  Maybe I can see it on this one if I knew where to look.

[Jermd21]

Gary,

In the first picture I sent, it would be on the bottom of the top, right corner. The only corner that has a post coming off of the main plate. Hopefully that makes sense.

[Gary Lewis]

That makes sense, but I don't see anything on this one.

I hope to get the puller tonight and will get it off in the morning and see if I can find some #'s on the bracket.  But I'm pretty sure this is the right one as I've seen bits of that ugly red paint that was on the other brackets.  So

[Gary Lewis]

Ding, ding, ding!!!  We have a winner!  Looks like D8AC 3A732-AA to me.  

So if you'll email me your address ([e-mail]) I'll get the pulley and the bracket out to you tomorrow.

[ArdWrknTrk]

We all appreciate your generosity Gary!  

[BigBrother-84]

Gary Lewis wrote

Ding, ding, ding!!!  We have a winner!  Looks like D8AC 3A732-AA to me.  

I’ve always said that’s Gary Baba's treasure cave.

[ArdWrknTrk]

His attic must be a Tardis!  

[Gary Lewis]

ArdWrknTrk wrote

His attic must be a Tardis!  

That I had to look up:

Tardis

Wikipedia
TARDIS is a fictional hybrid of a time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs.

[ArdWrknTrk]

Your link is broken.

It's the size of a phone booth but opens to a "dimensionally transcendental" space.

More boggling than Narnia.

[mat in tn]

my kids loved that show, so I teased them by calling it the retardis.

[Gary Lewis]

ArdWrknTrk wrote

Your link is broken.

Fixed it.

[ArdWrknTrk]

Not that I needed to know, but Thanks!

[BigBrother-84]

ArdWrknTrk wrote

It's the size of a phone booth but opens to a "dimensionally transcendental" space.

More boggling than Narnia.

Funny, when I referred to Gary Baba’s cave, I was wondering where Gary was storing such huge stockroom in his house.
I imagined something like a “dimensions access door”, such as Harry Potter entering a small tent apparently isolated in the woods but magically connected to another ultra wide space.

Gary Potter, maybe?

[Gary Lewis]

Jeff - We should have had you over to the house when you were here.  But the pic below shows the Garagemahal as it has been called.  It is 30' x 40' with a 10/12 pitched roof and the ceiling of the 1st floor is at 12'.  So that leaves the 2nd floor, aka attic, with a 9 1/2' ceiling and knee walls.  Lots of storage space.

Janey says there is the equivalent of 2 1/2 trucks up there, but that's not quite true as the heavy bits aren't up there.    Many things are stored under the "car port" out back, which currently has the car hauler trailer, 69 SuperBee, and 50 Chevy pickup.  But it also has storage and there are bins of things like wiring harnii, engine brackets, etc.

But I do have a lot of "stuff".