Re: [ihc] Wiper motor rate control, engine question

[David Bongo <dbongo@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:53:42 -0600, Ryan Moore <baradium@domain.elided> wrote:
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> From: "David Bongo" <dbongo@domain.elided>
> To: "IHC Digest" <ihc@domain.elided>
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 19:34
> Subject: [ihc] Wiper motor rate control, engine question
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> >  Also, the Power
> > Steering setup I've got puts the gearbox INSIDE the frame rail, so IHC
> > V8's are definitely out without altering that, which probably puts it
> > well beyond the realm of financial justification.  (I almost said
> > "feasability" or "reason" but much of what we do doesn't relate to
> > those concepts.)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave
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> Speaking of P/S on postal scouts.  My friend, Ed, here in Middle TN just
> acquired himself a '79 postal scout with a 304 and 727.  Solid truck
> actually, and still has most of the decals from its days of service as a
> rural route mail carrier.
> 
> Anyway, he's not decided if he's going to keep it or pass it on and he was
> wondering about the P/S.  There's no really good way to do a p/s conversion
> with an SV on a postal is there?  He's made it clear that if he did
> anything, he'd want it to look clean so it'd at least appear stock.  I think
> in this case the only real choice is for him to keep the manual box.

There was a clean solution for SVs posted to this digest not too long
ago.  Let me see if I can find it...

From Digest V7 #320

If you have a V8 it gets a little trickier.  There is no room to mount a
power steering box on the inside of the frame on our Scouts.  Finally,
after years of terrible manual steering my Dad found a solution.

A power steering box off of a late 1977, 1978, or 1979 3/4 or 1 Ton 4x4
Ford pickup has a case that is a mirror image of a LHD Scout II power
steering box.  It will fit on the outside of the frame on the right side
of the truck, but there is a problem.  The Ford steering box turns the
wrong way.  To correct this we purchased a steering gear from an 82 1/2
ton Ford pickup (not sure if this year is critical) which turned the
opposite direction, removed all of the internal parts and put it into the
3/4 ton steering gear.

We had a steering arm welded together using the old manual arm and the new
Ford arm, but a LHD power steering arm might work correctly.

The problem with this solution is that the 3/4 Ford gear is very difficult
to find.  It is a popular gear to replace the slave cylinders on older
Ford pickups, but if you can find the parts it works like a champ.  We
have two Scouts that are setup like this and they deliver mail every day.

/* END QUOTE */

Since I had the I6, I didn't pursue it any.  There is a caveat he
added later, which is:

Not sure exactly what he did about the P/S pump.  I think he built a
custom bracket and used a standard GM pump.  Other than the 12 Scouts we
own, we are mostly Chevy guys, so we always have lots of GM parts laying
around.

As far as the Ford gear, it was late the other night and I forgot the part
about drilling new holes.  He did drill new holes and put spacers in the
frame to strengthen the mount, but it was relatively simple.

/*END QUOTE */

There are some other solutions out there (Landcrusier box, Corvette
box, etc.) which I can dig up some info on if you're really
interested.
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> Gotta say, the postal dash looks kinda weird compared to the normal dash.
> Talk about sparse!
> 
> Oh, and David.... did you need a dash pad?  I think Ed *may* have an extra
> one.
> 

Yes I do.  If it's in good (i.e. usable) shape.  I've got one in my
garage, but it's kinda nasty.  The vinyl is flaking off, and chunks of
the underlying foam are missing.  I know how to fix the missing foam
(with a urethane foam spray, recommended to me by someone on this
digest) but the top coat is the killer.  Solutions range from "cheap,
easy, non-durable" to "expensive, difficult,
durable-but-requires-maintainence" so it's been put aside for now
until some other projects get done.

Thanks,

Dave

> -Ryan
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