Best way to tackle this job?

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Good idea Joe, here’s two more shots.
Just for good measure.

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rumblefish360 said:
You need a pulley set. Your Alt. Should wrap around the water pump and crank.

I’m a bit late on your weekend for this job but here’s two worthless cents;

Remove the stock exhaust in full.
Remove the P/S box (& pump) and finish the swap in full.
Resume header installation.
Do not touch the braking system until the header swap and exhaust if done.

Follow Doug’s instructions on installation. If you can not lift the car very high, I have found advantages in an engine hoists use for lifting/tilting the engine.

Best of luck with the car, best wishes on Dad.
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Thanks. That was the route that I wound up taking. Didn't get to do much work until yesterday but it was for a good reason. The hospital released Dad Friday so I was helping him get settled in and trying to make sure their house was set up to accommodate him. Got the old headers out last night. Hope to tackle the steering swap today and then install the Dougs if enough time.
 
rumblefish360 said:
Hey! Dads home! Woo-Hoo! Glad to read that.
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Very glad to have him home. Been a rough summer. This picture was taken June 2. Just a month later they removed a tumor from his brain and he has been in the hospital/rehab since then because since surgery he has had very little feeling or movement from the right side of his body. He has a long road ahead but we are remaining positive that he can return to health and doing what he loves. Thanks for the well wishes!

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abodyjoe said:
the alt bracket below can be bought new for like $35. pulleys can be bought used but are getting harder and harder to find.. use the measurements in the pics below to buy what you need...




proper alt bracket.
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proper wp pulley

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proper crank pulley

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Thanks for this! I actually already have that BPE alt bracket setup but now I know which other pulleys I need to be looking for. And I see a belt # in Rob's pic so I should be able to find one of those also. Thank you both.
 
Made some progress but short of the goal. (Almost) all of the old pieces removed. Nothing new installed yet though.

One of the steering box bolts started to strip. The other felt like it wanted to. They were tighttt. So that’s where I left it. Anyone had experience with stripped steering box bolts? 12 point head I guess was supposed to help keep this from happening?
 
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