390se engine wants a steering pump

[uglymug]

hi , got a 390se engine with the power steering pump missing, so can anyone give me a pointer to which one will fit. is it tvr special or a land rover v8 pump . ..............ta like

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Mate...SD1 i believe...Grimmers do them albeit a tad expensive...You might find them elsewhere a bit cheaper..Make sure you get the pulley as well as they sell them seperately and always use some thread lock on the pulley bolts....Ziga
http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-GRID009023

[GV]

I've got 2 spare pumps both in working order - one is the original from my car the other was a temp bought as a back up. Email me if you are interested.

[Wedg1e]

IIRC some cars run the Ford pump mounted backwards on a bracket that puts it right at the front of the engine bay.

The SD1 pump is perhaps the most common; the Montego ran a near-identical one that differed in having a shorter neck but I don't see why it wouldn't work, I blagged one free from the guy who sold me my first lathe but have never got round to trying it.

[MrPicky]

I've got a 390SE with a steering pump missing, it was never fitted by the factory.

You need to fit a manual rack (Cortina MK iV I think) and then an intensive course of PT to build up your biceps.

Job done and a lighter and much less complex car.

Russ - in jest!

[mrzigazaga]

MrPicky said:

I've got a 390SE with a steering pump missing, it was never fitted by the factory.

You need to fit a manual rack (Cortina MK iV I think) and then an intensive course of PT to build up your biceps.

Job done and a lighter and much less complex car.

Russ - in jest!

Then you will end up with arms like popeye and legs like "Mr Muscle"....

[hallsie]

I have the PS pump and rack from that engine.(if its the one from ebay a few weeks back?)

Message me if you want it.

Stu

[MrPicky]

mrzigazaga said:

Then you will end up with arms like popeye and legs like "Mr Muscle"....

Only one leg like Mr Muscle, the clutch is very heavy (85 lbs).

I counteract this by hopping to the bar on my right leg (not from the bar - I don't waste beer - or corroded screws) and standing like a Flamingo when possible.

Russ

[superwedge]

he look like this then?

[uglymug]

thanks for your replies guys , the pump needs to fit this mounting if possible

[hallsie]

uglymug said:

thanks for your replies guys , the pump needs to fit this mounting if possible

Mark

The one I have IS the one that came off of that engine!!

Stu

[uglymug]

Stu . ................. yhm ................

[Wedg1e]

uglymug said:

thanks for your replies guys , the pump needs to fit this mounting if possible

That looks like the one on my car; it seems to have been bastardised from one or more brackets and hangs off the front of the left-hand cylinder head.