My motor swap

[baddad457]

I converted my 77 Comet to manual steering leaving the P/S box in place. It's not hard to steer at all.

 

[83bagged]

so did you just loop the 2 lines?

 

[baddad457]

No, I replaced the drag link and pitman arm with new manual steering pieces. Removed all traces of the power setup. Needed the room in the 77 Comet's engine bay.

 

[83bagged]

i thought all i needed was to swap my power steering gear box to a manual gear box?

 

[baddad457]

You do on a Ranger. My Comet had a retarded power-ram drag link that provided the extra force. The whole system was leak prone. Like the P/S pump on my Ranger is today. Sum-bitch has always leaked from day one it seems like. I just keep adding fluid.

 

[83bagged]

HAHAHH! well i tell you what, i can bring you my power steering pump, (its perfectly fine, and only 32K on it) you can have it if you can help me find a manual gearbox

oh and can i just tap my water neck like the other guy to run my thermostatic switch? and also i can then run my temp sensor to the gauge cluster gauge i guess. i guess i wont bother with the 2" temp gauge that come in that 3 gauge kit

 

[Rinny650]

If your not running AC or Heater then where your heater hoses come off the waterpump, loop it back up to the output/input on the top of the intake. Follow me? Thats how I set mine up to run no heater. The output on top of the intake has a Tee in it that I put my sending unit into and then looped the hose back to the waterpump

 

[baddad457]

I mounted the Ranger's original temp sender in the T-Stat housing, the pilot hole in the housing wasn't large enough to mount anything larger in size. The Ranger's sender was 1/4NPT, the sender for the manual gauge was 3/8 or 1/2NPT. The switch for the electric fans was 3/8NPT, it's mounted in the extra coolant port in my intake. Some intakes have three coolant ports, some only two.

 

[83bagged]

well i am currently struggling to figure out what all crap i need to run a belt on this thing. i guess im going to stay v belt because thats what its balanced for, and i dont feel like changing all that out to run explo/stang brackets, itd be nice, but i wanna drive it to bad right now

 

[baddad457]

Do what B347 did over on the RPS site. I tried to warn you about this when you started.

 

[red85]

Just get a serp belt setup off of a Bronco or F150. I use a modified setup from a Bronc and it works well. Just make sure the pulleys line up squarely when you add your idler. I tore up a few belts before I finally got it right. Here's a pic:

 

[mikepotts]

my ranger is currently manual steering, ive got a pump and bracket with plans of making mine power... manual box will be comming off... may be available...

 

[83bagged]

well im going with the 94-95 mustang gt stuff. i have an alt bracket in the mail. now all i need is to buy an earlier timing cover and water pump to match. i also have to find a ps bracket. i now know everything i need except for the harmonic balancer

baddad - you said an aftermarket 94-95 balancer? i know its has to be 28oz and 4 bolt. because it lines up with the pullies for the 94-5 brackets.

now ive been looking but i have only found the stock balancers for the 94-5 gts. like this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1995-95-FORD-MUSTANG-GT-Harmonic-Balancer-DORMAN-594024_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2em20Q2el1116QQhashZitem2c4f4ec31cQQitemZ190309122844QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessoriesQQsalenotsupported
or this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1995-95-FORD-MUSTANG-GT-Harmonic-Balancer-ATP-102014_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem2c4f4ec3deQQitemZ190309123038QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessoriesQQsalenotsupported

now what is the difference?

im going to the parts store and buying a 95 timing cover and waterpump. the pulleys i can get from ebay no prob. ill get a ps pump, would my ranger ps pump fit the gt bracket?

i finally figured it all out, i know i aggrivated EVERYONE with my problems on this thing. (on rps especially, and baddad you still helped no matter what, thank you)

 

[Mac]

Think those are still the 50 oz balance, stock. Found one that "might" work but it's sure not cheap.
Dave
http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/iwwida.pvx?;item?item_no=PP-80045K 1&comp=LRS

 

[83bagged]

thank you, well if thats what i gotta have, hey I GOTTA HAVE IT! lol

ill post it in my other threads as well and see what they say
what about this one? it says its 28oz

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/iwwida.pvx?;item?item_no=LRS-6316B 1&comp=LRS