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We’ve recently had a nice late 1960s Pontiac TransAm come into the workshop. It was bought sight-unseen from the USA, which can have its risks. Some are good, some are shiny but thrown together with spare parts.
In this case the car is generally good, but there’s an issue with a misalignment of the belt for the power steering and it’s been chewing through belts. I’ve had to warn the owner it will take anything from eight to 12 hours to fix – if I can source the parts.
We have a pump that’s leaning back and out. What they’ve done is use a Pontiac bracket mounted to the cylinder head with the incorrect bolts, then they’ve forced in the wrong power steering
