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Offline murraygmc

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WQW! can someone help?
« on: October 23, 2009, 11:28:06 AM »
iv got a 76 305 i put in my 85 lwb 4x4 i had headers put on yesterday and the guy had told me i need to buy a bracket for my powerstering pump because part of mine bolted up to the manifold so now that i have headers i cant completely secure my power steering  iv called jegs summit   and luddys Chevy's can some one point me in the right direction ? ??? ???    it sounds sweet tho
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Re: WQW! can someone help?
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2009, 12:41:35 PM »
Just modify your existing bracket and use a spacer to take up the distance between the thickness of the manifold vs the header flange. You can buy aftermarket brackets too.
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Re: WQW! can someone help?
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2009, 12:42:54 PM »
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Re: WQW! can someone help?
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2009, 01:07:28 PM »
thanks the guy said he tryed to make the one i had fit but he said somthing about it kept throwing the angle off do you knoe aof any thing cheeper  104 bucks seems high just for a bracket  thanks
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Re: WQW! can someone help?
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2009, 05:57:16 PM »
when i put my headers on [my 82] i went to the junkyard, found a couple different brackets, brought them home and started sizing them up to fit.    i had to cut a piece off one bracket and weld it on to the other to make it work, but the pump stays nice and tight.  when i had headers on my 73, i was able to put a metal pipe in (i think it was 1/2") on top of tthe header flange to make up the difference of the manifolds to headers, never had any problems. 
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Re: WQW! can someone help?
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2009, 06:20:26 PM »
 It's embarasing how quickly my engine compartment went to heck once I started to drive it daily but if you look you will see the power steering bracket spacer.
 On any small block I've ever put headers on I just get a longer bolt and cut a section of pipe to use as a spacer.
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Re: WQW! can someone help?
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2009, 08:44:07 AM »
SWEET thanks guys that pic helps alot sumit wanted like 104 bucks 4 theres  :-\
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Re: WQW! can someone help?
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2009, 11:08:47 AM »
whell i started to jury rig it but it ust looked awfulll so i took viles advice and bought the bracket, i got to thinkin im goina need it any way if i get a 350 down the road, while i had sumit on the line i whent ahead and got some 90 degree plug wires and looms ( any good  picks on how you guys ran your plug wires with looms ? )
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Re: WQW! can someone help?
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2009, 12:43:31 PM »
I usually get custom fit wires and run them parallel along and behind the valve cover. One thing you want to try to do is cross over adjacent firing wires like 5 and 7 before you route them to the cap. this helps reduce rfi and emi.
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Re: WQW! can someone help?
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2009, 03:16:07 PM »
ok but im not sure what u mean by that ......
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