Anyone got a pre serp PAS pump bracket?

[Barkychoc]

I'm converting my V8S to power steering using a chimaera rack - I have a PAS pump but I need the bracket that supports the pump to bolt to a pre serp timing cover / passenger side cylinder head.

Was power steering available pre serp?

I have a bracket but it is for the Range Rover style timing cover / water pump which is going to need some serious adjustment to make it fit.
A long shot but does anyone have a spare bracket in exchange for some beer tokens??

Or maybe someone can tell me a source of bracket?

Chris

Edited by Barkychoc on Thursday 18th December 15:55

[nawarne]

Chris,
Brave man! All I can suggest at the moment is to try Bell Hill or Douglas Valley breakers. Otherwise, if you don't get a response from here, speak to David Gerald.

Good luck - Nick

[chimalsu]

chassis33 may have one,he had my old one when he converted to manual,worth a try

[Barkychoc]

This is proving a bit more of a challenge than I thought!

Do any Chimaera / Griffs have power steering fitted pre serp or is it serp only?

chimalsu said:

chassis33 may have one,he had my old one when he converted to manual,worth a try

Thanks for this - I have exchanged a few emails with Iain but both his installations were serp.

Edited by Barkychoc on Saturday 20th December 22:09

[spend]

It wouldn't be like the rover/LR one unless they shifted the Swirl pot I reckon. I can't recall seeing a pre-serp TVR PAS TBH, but I have a feeling someone had a Griff modified. Whats wrong with the electric pump, I thought Iain had used those anyway?

[Barkychoc]

I'm trying to convert a V8S to power steering - and there's not a great deal of room under the bonnet other than a dirty great big space where the engine PAS pump goes.
I planned to do an engine driven pump because I thought it would be easy - how wrong can you be?

Here's a pic I have of a chimaera that has been converted, and I have all the bits apart from the crank pulley but its still not obvious how it all hangs together with the bracket. I've now worked out that the pump mounting bracket is a modified land rover bracket. I think the swirl pot is a reduced height one with Power steering - which isn't an issue on the V8S anyway is it is mounted elsewhere.

Edited by Barkychoc on Sunday 21st December 12:15