Build update 2

[Ifitaintbroke]

This is one of the main things that frustrates me about the automotive aftermarket. In the catalog, there is ONE hose shown from 83 to 87.

[Ifitaintbroke]

Ok correction. There is a different hose shown for 83 only. Problem is, it's the hose for the small blocks and 300. I'm pretty sure the 460 got its own hose in all year models. It's also listed for the 83 460 model f2 and 350's but I'm pretty sure that's wrong. Of that is the only hose available, I'm in a mess. One point of confusion though: why would the wrong hose fit the pump if they changed from sae to metric? I would think that it would not thread in. I also confirmed earlier that it does in fact leak at idle without the wheel being turned. A steady drip. When the wheel is turned it shoots out.

[Gary Lewis]

Go to our page at Documentation/Suspension & Steering/Steering/Power Steering.  There you'll see illustrations that give you the base/group part number, then to to the Part Numbers page and you'll see what they fit.

3A719 is the base number for both the pump/gear and gear/pump hoses, and you'll see that there have been many different hoses.

[Ifitaintbroke]

Thanks Gary, for some reason I tend to forget that I'm sitting right on top of the biggest stack of Bullnose documentation in the world!

[Gary Lewis]

The largest online stack.  The biggest stack is in my shop, much of which is not online - yet.  

[Ifitaintbroke]

I'm sure this website has been a mammoth undertaking as it is! Gary, all of us who own one of these ridiculous trucks owe you immensely. Much of the work I did on it before I joined the forum could not have been done without it.

Anyway, back to the hose. In the documentation, there is one and only one pressure hose shown for all years models of the 460 equipped trucks. That part number is E3TZ-3A719-E. It interchanges to the hose I currently have. Problem is: it's different. The hose shown in the documentation bends to the front to reach the hose, and has a shorter metal pipe at the pump end. The hose I have looks like this:

It bend to the back and has a much longer metal pipe end. It matches the hose that came off the truck. Of course, it could have been replaced before. I'm unsure what to do at this point. Could I have missed an o ring in the pump fitting?

[Ifitaintbroke]

Also, while I was out there I figured I'd get some more pics of the truck.











Lots of junk in the bed...



...and in the cab.

[Ifitaintbroke]

And of course some of my pics ended up flipped.

[Ifitaintbroke]

Power steering leak is fixed! I went with a different hose. Precision part# 13401261.

[mat in tn]

success!

[viven44]

Nice!!!

[BigBrother-84]

Ifitaintbroke wrote

Pardon my ignorance, but what is that thing dropping from the ceiling... and pointing out of the roof?

[mat in tn]

looks to be the handle of a spotlight.

[Ifitaintbroke]

What Matt said!

[Ifitaintbroke]

'Tis.

[Ifitaintbroke]

It's a spotlight that I got for $15 at the junkyard. It's insanely bright.

[ArdWrknTrk]

Jacking deer, are we?  🤔 🤫

[Ifitaintbroke]

Nope. I don't even eat meat, so no one can accuse me of that. But I saw it and liked it and they said $15 so there it is.

[Ifitaintbroke]

Something strange I noticed on the truck:

The rear axle is narrower than the front. The front tires come out even with the fender flares (oh yeah, I got a rich kid truck with fender flares), but the rear tires are inset by 3 or 4 inches. Something about the truck's stance always looked weird to me but I just couldn't put my finger on it. Wheel spacers anyone?

[ArdWrknTrk]

That's entirely normal.
The front wheels need space to turn so they don't hit the frame.