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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / November 2005need help installing P/S on flathead 6
I have a customer w/ a Silver Hawk 6, who wishes to install power steering due to his arthritis making it difficult for him to steer. I have a p/s complete set-up on one of my GT Hawk parts cars which I plan to adapt, but am afraid that the reservoir on the pump will be too big. Dennis tells me that p/s was not offered on flathead 6 equipped cars, so I am either going to have to try to use the OHV 6 p/s pump bracket, or fabricate one. He has the p/s water pump & crank pulleys for a OHV, which may or may not work on this application. Any ideas or parts available for this project? Thank in advance! Barry'd in Studes I dont have one but I think the OHV6 PS bracket bolted at least at one point to the threaded holes in the front end of the OHV head. I would guess you'll have to due a bit of fabricating. Do you have any Chevybaker PS pumps?? They might fit a bit better . > I have a customer w/ a Silver Hawk 6, who wishes to install power steering > due to his arthritis making it difficult for him to steer. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thank in advance! > Barry'd in Studes Is the arm with the control valve from the GT Hawk going to fit the early steering box ? > I have a customer w/ a Silver Hawk 6, who wishes to install power steering > due to his arthritis making it difficult for him to steer. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thank in advance! > Barry'd in Studes  SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 64 R2 4 speed Challenger (Plain Wrapper) 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk 63 R1 Gt Hawk 62 Lark 2 door 60? Hawk 53 coupe rod. I have always assumed that you had to use a p/s steering box to use p/s, so I had plaanned on using the GT Hawk p/s box. Anybody got a pump w/ small reservoir? Barry'd in Studes > Is the arm with the control valve from the GT Hawk going to fit the > early steering box ? [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > 60? Hawk > 53 coupe rod. Do you have a 1956 Service Manual? In the steering section it clearly shows a bracket that goes over a flathead 6 and the PS mount. It uses thhe same PS unit as the 56 Hawks. I was hoping to find that bracket somewhere and use it on my 47 convertible. If you cannot find picture I will post Bill >Dennis tells me that p/s was not offered on flathead 6 equipped cars, so I >am either going to have to try to use the OHV 6 p/s pump bracket, or [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Thank in advance! >Barry'd in Studes I would be looking at 58-60 parts, actually... if he is using a GT Hawk PS setup he probably has a Bendix style pump, not the earlier Saginaw. nate > Do you have a 1956 Service Manual? In the steering section it clearly > shows a bracket that goes over a flathead 6 and the PS mount. It uses [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Thank in advance! > >Barry'd in Studes Dennis must not be counting the two 1955 Champion six cylinder "C" cars that were factory equipped with power steering. John Brooks of Weatherford TX has one of them. You might check with him and find out how it was done by Studebaker. Loy p.s. - Do you plan to go to S.B. and pick up any parts in the near future, Barry? >I have a customer w/ a Silver Hawk 6, who wishes to install power steering > due to his arthritis making it difficult for him to steer. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Thank in advance! > Barry'd in Studes If flathead equipped cars were not available with PS whywas there a bracket made just for this purpose? Paul V > Dennis must not be counting the two 1955 Champion six cylinder "C" cars > that were factory equipped with power steering. John Brooks of Weatherford [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> Thank in advance! >> Barry'd in Studes |
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