quick help needed finding saginaw pump

[rockerZ71]

hey yall

i swapped in hydroboost and a saginaw pump out of a 70s lincoln to my bronco around Christmas time. Its got a '93 mustang motor so I had to hack up my bracket a bit to make this pump fit. Well its been eating serpentine belts because its off a bit so I ordered the "lars" bracket for WH hoping that would fix it. I have a couple problems

• my pump is the type that is rotated/clocked differently so it doesnt fit in the bracket
• part of my problem is that i need the pulley to come up to just about 1/4" from the face of the bracket to line up, and the part that protrudes from the pump around the shaft makes that difficult (its too long so I need big spacers)
• WH only sent me 3 of 4 spacers that should have been in the bag. Can use washers or something but that sucks

So, does anyone have a part number for auto zone or advance preferably of a pump that should work better? Would like to be able to re use my fittings since I really have no other option - have to get this back together to get to work tomorrow and my ghetto bracket isnt much of an option, probably need 2 serpentine belts to get to work.

Thinking changing pumps sounds like the quickest solution but not sure if any of them address the problem of that part that sticks out past the bracket - maybe it would though. sounds like other people have done this before

i have no a/c so my pump sits where the AC compressor would have been

any advice etc appreciated, maybe i can find someone to give me a ride to the store before I start cutting up this fancy new bracket I got

 

[thegreatjustino]

It's my understanding that you can take a Saginaw pump apart and re-clock the reservoir to your liking. Not sure if that will help with your problem, but worth a shot.

 

[ScanmanSteven]

Not sure, but can you grind the inside of the bracket so the pump fits?

 

[rockerZ71]

It's my understanding that you can take a Saginaw pump apart and re-clock the reservoir to your liking. Not sure if that will help with your problem, but worth a shot.

I read that while I was out there working on seeing if I could fix up my bracket I built to work better - sounded like a pretty awesome solution til I broke off one of the mounting bolts in the pump. So a new pump is in order (its fine for now it seems with just 3 and yeah I could fix it but why bother when it doesn't fit right)

Not sure, but can you grind the inside of the bracket so the pump fits?

I could, but thats basically the same thing as working on the one I built to make it fit/look better. Bought the WH one because I wanted it to work right with minimal effort and look clean.

I got my existing stuff re put together but with the pulley pushed back on the shaft a bit which I think will help a lot.

Still would very much like to know if theres a pump out there that will fit this bracket and my existing AN fittings that I can pick up from a local parts store tomorrow

 

[bronconut73]

don't know if this will help or not but I got my Saginaw pump for a 1970 Chevy 3 quarter ton truck

 

[DanHall]

I'm in the middle of collecting parts for power steering and hydroboost and am planning on the '78 Lincoln pump so I can have dual returns. Hoping to use a early 80's van pump bracket but I haven't put them together yet so I can't comment on how vertical the pump will sit. From what I've seen the saginaws came with three different offsets on the pulleys so finding a different pulley may solve your alignment issues. bcbroncos has pictures on their power steering page.

 

[rockerZ71]

don't know if this will help or not but I got my Saginaw pump for a 1970 Chevy 3 quarter ton truck

it may. do you know if your pump fits the bracket im talking about (does it work with the mustang serpentine setup without cutting up the bracket)? And this brings me to the question I just opened back up the site to ask -- are the high pressure fittings swappable between the various pumps? meaning if I got a pump with the metric fitting and my AN fittings are 5/8" or whatever they were, can I swap the fittings to make the new pump use my old pressure fitting?

I'm in the middle of collecting parts for power steering and hydroboost and am planning on the '78 Lincoln pump so I can have dual returns. Hoping to use a early 80's van pump bracket but I haven't put them together yet so I can't comment on how vertical the pump will sit. From what I've seen the saginaws came with three different offsets on the pulleys so finding a different pulley may solve your alignment issues. bcbroncos has pictures on their power steering page.

I will have to check that out - thanks. I ordered my pulley from them but didnt realize I needed to consider multiple options (same mistake I made with my bracket)