I recently rebuilt the pump on my 67 Fairlane and took some photos along the way to help anyone who may also want to do this themselves. I will preface this by saying I am not an expert and this is the first ps pump I have ever rebuilt so I am not saying THIS IS HOW TO DO IT, just how I did it. So if your looking for an insight into whats involved please follow along.
When I bought my Fairlane it had a noisy and leaking (fancy that
) ps pump. The prevoius owner had bought a secondhand one off ebay and it was in the boot (sorry, trunk). I installed it and it too was noisy and leaking. I threw in a bottle of power steering stop leak/conditioner and it shut up but of course did not stop leaking. This was 3 1/2 years ago and it has been quiet ever since but still leaking. It really made a mess of the sway bar rubber and I want to replace it but of course a bit pointless with the pump still leaking so I decided to have a go at the one I took off 3 1/2 years ago and then rebuild the one I take off as a spare.
Internet research and a phone call to a very friendly and helpful gentlemen at
http://www.stangerssite.com/FPparts.html uncovered the fact that once the campacks are noisy thats it, they are noisy forever. They are also no longer available, hard to come by now and there are two different sizes. I thought I would have a go anyway.
So I am after 2 kits and 2 bushes. I found the kits and bushes at Driveline Auto Parts (ok guys I am in Oz).
http://www.drivelineap.com.au/contact.htmlNot sure how easy the bushes are to get now days. They had one in stock and the other had to come from interstate. I asked for a third as spare but this hasn't materialised yet.
Driveline part numbers.
Gasket and seal kit: PSK8034 SEAL KIT PUMP FORD C1 (TIN RESERVOIR) = au$15.95 + GST
Bush: 86280 BUSH PUMP FORD C1 (CAST IRON) = AU13.65 + GST
First thing to do is probably the hardest part. Get the pulley off. DO NOT pull on the pulley or lever it with screwdrivers etc. it must be pulled or pressed off holding the boss on the front designed for this. Clean out the hole (I had to run a tap through mine, 3/8 UNC), screw a bolt in as far as you can and press on that. Here is my rudimentary set up.
It really takes some effort to shift this and I wasn't sure this set up had the ooomph. It was a bit scary so I donned saftey glasses. It took a great deal of effort and I actually bent one grade 5 bolt as the puller was a bit off centre!
After much persistance it finally came. Before going any further note the position of the large square chung of casting coming off the spigot area. This is the return hole from the seal area. On mine viewed from the front with the fill tube verticle it sits about 45 degrees to the right, about the 1.30 position.
Someone had obviously used the can to lever pressure on the belt when tightening. Not cool.
After undoing the large nut on the pump outlet fitting the reservoir slips off with some persuasion. Then unbolt the pump housing and you are left with this.
The pressure valve stayed in the pump housing. Just held in with friction from its O ring seal. A few taps of the hosing on a block of wood and it fell out along with the two large springs behind it.
The end plates and all pump bits merely slip off the dowels. You can see the noisy campack here. Note the orientation of the little slippers.