Jim,
Great web site !!! Looks like you and your wife covered everything...
Thanks for sharing!
Mike Boteler
'56 4400 Brush Fire Truck NAPCO
'56 4400 Stake
'56 6400 Stake
'56 8400 Wrecker w/Holmes 525
'56 9200 Tractor w/Allison Automatic
'57 10500 Fire Truck
Hughesville, MD
http://www.chevytrucks.org/mikesgarage/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Karras" <jkarras@pacbell.net>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Cc: <BMcNulty@csuchico.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 1:09 AM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] power steering on a 235
> Bob,
>
> I went with a Toyota steering box and was able to than use a
> generator/power
> steering pump like the one you mention for the tri-fives. Here are links
> to
> two of the pages on my website that shows the setup:
>
> http://www.59apache.com/assembly.html
>
> http://www.59apache.com/bigwheel.html
>
> The pump drives the steering box just fine. The box mounts very close to
> the original steering box location and allowed me to keep the original
> steering column. The shop was able to also mount the column without
> cutting
> the firewall. This was done by cutting a small slit in the side of the
> steering column where it passes through the firewall to allow it to align
> with the steering box. A Borgenson steering coupling joint was used to
> connect the steering shaft directly to the steering box.
>
> The system is clean and works well. The whole steering box kit can be
> purchased from ABS Power Brake (http://www.abspowerbrake.com/). While the
> generator/power steering unit doesn't come with the kit you could also
> use
> a later model power steering pump if you preferred.
>
> I hope this helps. Good luck on your project!
>
> Jim Karras
> Orange, CA
> '59 Chevrolet Apache 32 Stepside Pickup
> E-mail: Jim@59apache.com
> Internet: http://www.59apache.com/
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