This weekend has been hectic, Friday was a 50th Birthday "party" (read a pub crawl around Newcastle city centre with involving un-healthy quantities of beer, tequila and whisky), Saturday a 51st birthday party (much the same but in fancy dress, I was Captain Kirk
) and Sunday was an afternoon barbeque at another friends, for no reason, other than the weather was nice (I was so grateful to be the designated driver!
)
Time on the truck has therefore been a bit limited, however, I have managed to fit the power steering pump part of the kit.
The kit comes with the brackets in bare steel so earlier in the week I shot a coat of black on them, it was a sunny evening (yes we get the odd one up here in the frozen north!) so I hung the painted parts on the shed to dry
What I had not realised that the kit was supplied with brackets for a short water pump, luckily these Saginaw type pumps have numerous bolts and threaded holes. I was able to use a threaded hole on the front of the pump,
However to use this hole I had to modify the adjuster bracket, I cut approx an inch from the bracket, I clamped it in a vice to check the alignment , before welding it, this process was not terribly kind to the new paint
.
