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Old Sep 6, 2013 | 09:33 PM
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It must be an electrical problem

My Dad once told me "Son, if you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem"

Well - I must have an electrical problem.

The power steering pump on my totally cool & custom 56 F100 puked all over my garage floor like a frat boy at homecoming.

I have no idea what year or make ford this thing came out of, so I guessed....a couple of times.

I managed to hit the head on the nail on the second attempt so to speak & got the exact replacement pump.

came from (or at least is the same as) 1972 Ford Torino. Fits like a glove & by the way - looks like it was meant to be there.

Oh - almost forgot about my electrical problem.

The pulley - what a bitch to remove!! - But even harder than pulling it off was trying (and failing) to "install" it with a 5lb whacker. HAHA!

If I could have been more of a red neck I don't know how.

I didn't hurt the new pump - but I bent the hell out of the pulley with one wrong smack. Why oh why didn't I just take it to autozone & borrow their darn tool

Since the 5lb whacker didn't fix my issue.....it must be an electrical problem.

 
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Old Sep 6, 2013 | 10:29 PM
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I bought an installation tool at harbor freight for $12.....saves much time and swearing!
 
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Old Sep 7, 2013 | 01:13 AM
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Get yourself a really big voltmeter, and you can straighten out that pulley real easily.
 
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