I have a 1972 F100. I was wondering if anyone had or knew of a place that has a list of parts for a power steering kit. I have some parts but I don't know what I am missing. Thanks for all the help!

 

Brackets depend on what engine you have. What is your engine and are you installing factory PS brackets or aftermarket?

 

I have a 360 and most likely whichever is the easiest/cheaper options

 

2WD, right?

PS pump bracket
PS column bracket
PS pump & pulley
PS pump dipstick/cap
PS belt
PS pulley at the crank
Pressure hose
Return hose
PS steering box
PS-spec pitman arm
Type F PS hydraulic fluid




...maybe a PS steering column and firewall bracket... nto sure with the 72s since there was an engineering change in mid '71 and I have a 70 and early 71.

 

Yea 2WD. I have looked before but I get confused cause there are different types. I'm young and I know some stuff from experience but every new thing takes some learning. My grandpa back some years ago started to pull the power steering off of another 72 that was about to get crushed but before he could get all the parts the owner came out and started chewing him out so he left. I have some parts but not all. Probably will have to start from scratch

 

There are lots of these with 360s out there. If you want the easiest/cheapest then you need to search your local junk yards and find one to pull off a donor. You might need to replace the hoses but I would bolt it all up and see if the pump and box are good. Also, you might add a filter into the return line. I think the tech articles at the top of the forum have one on that process. Clean fluids always work better. But then you would have the advantage of having removed the system from the donor which goes a long way when it comes time to put it on your own.

I am always looking for old trucks parked out behind someone's house too. There are plenty partially covered in Kudzu out here!

 

The PS pump on these trucks, through '77, was the Ford Thompson 'pencil neck' pump. It has a stamped steel reservoir housing and a skinny filler neck/dipstick tube. FE engines were still being produced through the mid-'70s.

I would advise to grab the (multi-groove) crank shaft and water pump pulleys too. --If the alternator has a double groove pulley, it would also be a good item to grab.

I wouldn't reuse the old PS lines and I would consider any donor PS pump as a core, to be traded in on a newly rebuilt pump.

 

This is what I have so far

 

2nd from bottom is an A/C bracket

 

I believe the middle pic is the AC bracket...


No A/C but here's an example of the main bracket and the pump.

 

I've located most of the parts at some salvage yards. Online it says that they're on a car so I don't know if that is actually true or the employees are too lazy to put truck. If it is true are parts like that interchangeable? I feel like it would be difficult.

 

It sounds like you're really tentative on doing anything. Why is that? Bad experiences?

The best thing you could do at this point is to learn all you can about your truck, how it is put-together, what components do what, and what parts are car-specific or truck specific. That's even before picking up a wrench.

Get to a comfort level instead of winging it.. that ends up expensive because you'll be convinced by the fat guy behind the counter at the salvage yard that it fits when it doesn't.

Be armed with knowledge based on facts rather than guesses based on fiction.

 

Be armed with knowledge based on facts rather than guesses based on fiction.

And that is why you are here.
I swapped mine to a ford gear box (as I know them). from a late model dent. It is a pinch longer, so you will need to ****** the engine stand mounted to the cross member as well.
I'm a big fan of multi belt pullies, but the first one I did was all single belt pullies.
Even if you find a truck in the junk yard that has all your parts, you may have to shim a bracket here and there. NOT a pully. (don't ask)
I prefer the bump P/S pump (I think they look cooler/personal preference) and the dent P/S bracket.
I'll stop there as I realize my parts count is redundant...
As I've told my young son, it's just nuts and bolts. Your going make an oopsie and have to change it. That's education...

Get her done, paint it up so it looks pretty and you'll be ticked as a frog on a lilly pad

 

Ford/Saginaw P/S: 1969 F100/250 2WD & F350 from serial number D96,001 / 1970/79 F100/250 2WD & F350.

1965/77 Ford/Thompson P/S pump has a steel reservoir, P/S pressure hose threads onto the pump.

1978 and later Ford C-II P/S pump has a plastic reservoir, P/S pressure hose connects to the pump with a qwik connect fitting. There are no FE P/S pump brackets that will fit this pump.

The left engine support (aka tower/stand/perch), with or without P/S is the same: 1969/76 F100/350 360/390.

Middle pic shows an A/C idler pulley mounted to a bracket. There are two different types, fixed and adjustable. One is located on the right side of the engine, t'other is located on the left side of the engine.

There are two different P/S pump mounting brackets: Adjusting bracket bolts to the nose of the pump.

Lower pic shows a P/S pump mounting bracket. It bolts to the P/S pump adjusting bracket, then to the engine block.

The thing is, what is this bracket for, as there were a gazillion different types?

 

What makes the C-2 pump pressure line connection a "qwik connect," compared to the pressure line connection on a Thompson PS pump?