I AM INSTALLING A TOYOTA POWER STEERING CONVERSION ON MY 256 Y BLOCK.  NEED HELP WITH PUMP BRACKET, PULLEY AND PROPER PUMP FOR TOYOTA BOX.   ALSO PLANNING ON AOD TRANSMISSION.  CONCERNED WITH LOOSING BELL HOUSING ENGINE MOUNTS.  ANY ADVICE ON AOD CONVERSION TO Y BLOCK WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

THANKS.

JIM

You don't need to scream at us! Mummert has a nice p/s bracket that should work nicely, check with him about recomended pump. Use the forum search function, should be a lot of info on AOD swap. I am not aware of an AOD adapter that allows use of the bell housing mounts. I would think that the proper way would be too add a crossmember and use the engine side mounts. This would require a crossmember for trans support also. By the way, welcome to the forum.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

Adding a Saginaw pump is fairly easy as long as your engine has a crankshaft damper and not a cast or stamped 1954 pulley only. I don't have any method to add a pulley to the 54 crank pulleys.

The mount for the pump will fit either way its driving the pump that becomes a problem. This holds true for the 54 and 55 trucks with the high mounted fan also. No way to add a pulley to the crank pulley.

As long as your crankshaft damper has a casting number starting with ECG you shouldn't have any problem.

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20 miles east of San Diego, 20 miles north of Mexico

Jim,

I may have a pre 1957 double pulley damper that would work for you. I purchased it off ebay for $145 before I realized what I was doing. Once I got it, I discovered there are two options for pulley grooves. Pulleys prior to 1957 are 1/2" wide and 1957 pulleys and later were downsized to 3/8". The damper I have includes a 1/2" add on pulley that bolts directly to the damper. I ended up getting another damper compatible with the components which I had (3/8"). The pre 1957 appears to be in good shape and comes with the add on pulley to drive the power steering pump. If your interested, I would be willing to visit with you before I list it on ebay.  I would also ask anyone from the forum to step up and let me know if my understanding of dampers is not correct.

Darrell R Howard

Darrell Howard Whitefish, MT Outlaw 56 Ford F-100's

I am just completing a project similar to yours.   A 55 F-100 with a  292. 312 Crank shaft turned down to 292 specs., bored to 3.83 with Mummert forged piston/rod combination.  I am using a Bendtsen Transmission adapter.

I utilized the existing front engine mount with a fabricated crossmember with a similar crossmember for the transmission.  I then fabricated some side mounts using the existing bolt holes for use in a car application. A word  of caution, don't use to long of a bolt in these side mount bosses. You can easily crack the block into a water jacket. I'll try to get some pictures and post them on Monday.  The truck is in the body shop getting it's final fit and paint. 

"Anything worth having is worth working for"

Rocky Y-Guy:    I used an electric p/s pump from an MR2 and didn't have to

           mess with all the pulley's etc. I mounted it down low on the d/s frame

           BUT, you have to have at least a 70/80 amp alt to cover the amp load

           necessary.

                       Welcome to a great group...

                                                  Bill

Bill

Pelham,Al