Power Steering Pump Finish

[Sheldon S.]

Several questions regarding the power steering pump for a 71 BB.
1- Was the pump painted as a complete unit including the two studs and the large flow valve nut on the back side of the resovoir?
2- The gloss of the black on the pump-?
3- The thin nut that holds the pulley on- what kind of finish?
4- Was the pulley painted the same as the pump?

Thanks
Sheldon

[Joe L.]

Re: Power Steering Pump Finish

Several questions regarding the power steering pump for a 71 BB.
1- Was the pump painted as a complete unit including the two studs and the large flow valve nut on the back side of the resovoir?
2- The gloss of the black on the pump-?
3- The thin nut that holds the pulley on- what kind of finish?
4- Was the pulley painted the same as the pump?

Thanks
Sheldon

Sheldon----

1) The pump was painted as a complete unit including the studs and nut on the back of the reservoir. However, a plastic cap was place over the return nipple. So, the last inch, or so, of the nipple is unpainted. Not that it matters-----the hose covers this area, anyway;

2) The pumps were painted a semi-gloss black, tending to the "flatter" side of "semi-gloss";

3) The special lock nut for the pulley was DULL SILVER zinc or cadmium;

4) Big blocks used a 2 groove cast iron pump pulley. I just don't recall if this pulley was natural cast iron or semi-flat black (perhaps from the same phosphating process used for the big block crank pulley that we recently discussed).