I am trying to track down a 2 groove 3 bolt pulley that would mount to the crankshaft to drive the power steering pump. Every time i bid on one on ebay someone comes in at the last minute and out bids me by one dollar. I checked with the local ford dealer but they need to know what vehicle it came from. The engine is a 1970 302 but not sure what it came from. The P.O did not know either. I was wondering if anyone would know what vehicle or may have one around they would like to sell.The single groove pulley is about 6" dia.

Thanks
Terry

 

Terry -

Go to the junk yard. Find a 6" dia, 3-bolt, 2 groove pulley for a 70's 302.

Believe me...if I had such a place in SoCal, I'd go there.

 

It's a very common pulley. In fact Mustangs from 66-73 had that pulley. They are pretty easy to find in automotive swap meets also, because a lot of guys are going with the March Billet pulleys.

 

Terry,

If you make a trip to a salvage yard don't limit yourself to just Ford pulleys. I've found it's fairly easy to modify pulleys from other makes by enlarging or redrilling the mounting holes if you can't find one for a Ford. I'm running a three groove Chrysler 318 water pump pulley on my SBC just because I had it and didn't have the GM pulley.

Vern

 

Vern, I don't recommend doing that because unless your extremely accurate drilling, the pulley could be off balance and can cause damage to either a water pump seal or oil pan front seal. I know the crank pulley's for Chevy do not fit, GM has one pulley for the water pump where the bolt pattern is identical to the ford pattern, but they are hard to find. You also have to be concerned with the distance on the GM versus Ford. The distance has to be the same from the shoulder of the pulley to the end or the belts won't line up correctly.

 

If you have access to a Lathe to turn it in and get it centered I think you might be ok. I've done it before with good results

Rod 51F1

 

Ed,

Good point.

On the one I'm using now all I had to do was enlarge the holes a little so getting it off balance was never an issue. However, I have re-drilled them in the past and never had a problem. I used an old single groove for a pattern. Perhaps I was just lucky.

Vern

 

I'd sure like to do it and be sure I wouldn't have problems. You can get a set of nice Chevy billet racing pullies for pennies, versus the Ford pulley's which cost you over $100 easy. Cool topic!

 

I redrilled a Pontiac balancer pulley to fit the 460 in my roadster,plus the reinforcement ring that goes with it.This combo has been in service for ten years.
I have a box full of Ford and Pontiac(I oval track raced them way back when)pulleys,anyone living within driving distance is welcome to search the box if you need one.
Yes,i agree with you guys,care must be taken when you do redrill any pulley.

 

Terry, check out ebay # 170016318547, Good Luck!

 

I have a couple of three ring pulleys; one is 8.83 on the outer with two 6.0 pulleys on the inner...the other is 7.75 on the outer and 6.75 on the inner. Both are 3-bolt crank pulleys.

 

It is called snipe - a program you can run yourself or several websites offer it as a service. The idea is that you come in with a good bid in the last minute of an auction. It is legal - eBay could stop it if it wanted to.

The way around it is to make a bid at the highest amount you would be willing to pay. ( I make mine in the last 2 minutes - but it can be done anytime.)

Ebay will bid for you up to your maximum - even if you had bid $10, if all it takes to buy an item is $4, you get it for $4.

The guy that is sniping you would bid $5, and then ebay would up your bid to $6, and tells him he is no longer high bidder. He then bids $7, and ebay again ups your bid - and so on. It takes 15 or 20 seconds for him to bid - but ebay will always take your bid over his as it was placed first, assuming it is for the same or higher amount.

Eventually you reach your or his maximum, or the auction ends do to time. If the item ends up higher than your maximum, you can be satisfied that you did not pay too much.

 

***** does exactly what I do on ebay. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people doing the same thing and bidding down to the last few seconds. Ebay is not that great of deal anymore. I've found that to win the item, I have bid at the last few seconds and virtually bid more than the stupid part is worth to outbid the other person. If you want the part bad enough you'll have to bid ridiculously high and outbid the other bidders. Then again, you have to watch the shipping costs also which may really throw you into a high cost payment for that part. I did a lot of bidding on ebay, but now I'm finding that auto parts or internet parts places are the same price and often cheaper after you include shipping costs. That's why I like junkyard shopping too and you don't have to wait two weeks to get your item.

 

I did find a 3 bolt 2 groove pulley from a 74 Bronco. Paid $32.00 for it. Already got it mounted and getting ready to do the rest. I will have a new rack and pinion that bolts to my existing straight axle, Ididit chrome column and a grant leather wrapped steering wheel.

Thanks for all the replys. I will let everyone know how things work out.
Thanks again

Terry

 

I added a pulley from a Mitsubishi pickup to the center of my crank pully on my 239 by machining out the center. Works like a champ!!