Here are some photos of alternators and power steering pumps on 60's and 70's Pontiacs. Not too exciting, unless you're trying to figure out how the brackets bolt together on your car.
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Here are some photos of alternators and power steering pumps on 60's and 70's Pontiacs. Not too exciting, unless you're trying to figure out how the brackets bolt together on your car.
The following 4 photos are of my '66 GTO, but the engine is a '72 400, so the brackets and power steering pump are 70's style.
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The rest of the pictures are from various Pontiacs I saw at Tiger Run.
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Anonymous on Jun 25, 2014 said:
Great pics.Helped a lot,so now how do you adjust the power steering belt tight ??
[Reply to this comment]Anonymous on Oct 19, 2014 said:
I would also like to know how you tighten the power steering belt?
[Reply to this comment]Anonymous on Aug 10, 2014 said:
I exchanged motors from 389 to a 400. The alternator nor the power steering unit matched. Your pictures helped greatly. I have some clear ideas how to make my original alternator and power steering fluid pump work - with out spending ridicules money - for guys like me who don't have it to spend, and just want to get our old car running. Keep up the good work!
[Reply to this comment]Anonymous on May 27, 2015 said:
I bought a rebuilt 400 and found out it had 68 heads. Still trying to gets brackets to line up. your pics are a great help!!
[Reply to this comment]Anonymous on May 31, 2015 said:
Thanks loads, I just finished figuring this bracket situation out, when I found your pictures. They confirm my placement of brackets.
[Reply to this comment]Anonymous on Jun 28, 2015 said:
sometimes BORING is just what I'm looking for... Thanks!
[Reply to this comment]Anonymous on Mar 20, 2016 said:
OMG, this was a HUGE help. Thank you for posting these pictures. I had all the brackets and I was struggling how to fit it all together in my build- I am in the process of pulling out a SBC 350 and installed a Pontiac 400 in my Firebird. :)
[Reply to this comment]Anonymous on May 17, 2018 said:
Wow if not for these pics the rest of my hair would get pulled out and then more hats would be need instead, less money for new parts. started with a hand full of brackets power steering pump and a big ? these alone answered all unknown problems at this point, thanks fellow pontaic 400 info dude !
[Reply to this comment]Anonymous on Apr 23, 2019 said:
Great site. I'm rebuilding Pontiac 389 from a 63 Catalina. Do you have any pictures of alternator and power steering installed. Thanks. Jeff.deluke@gmail.com
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Brandon on Apr 23, 2019 said:
Nope, just what i have above. Car show season is about to begin, that's how i got the photos above.
[Reply to this comment]Anonymous on Jun 28, 2019 said:
Let me jump in, I've been trying to make headway with this for months. Your pictures will help. I'm trying to set up the brackets for a 1970 400 firebird and the stuff I've bought just doesn't work. Mystified.
[Reply to this comment]JackParker on Jun 30, 2019 said:
Comment before this made by me and posted as anonymous.I finally figured out my misalignment problems. I replaced a 1971 head on a 400 block with a 1970 #13 head and found out that the bolt hole arrangement on the end of the #13 head would not allow for my 1971 brackets. I purchased all of the 1970 brackets off the internet along with a 1970 power steering pump and brackets. Problem was the alternator pulley stuck out too far towards the front of the car and the power steering pulley was to far towards the back of the car,and this would not allow the power steering belt to be the belt in the grooves closest to the fan. It drove me crazy. I mean every picture you see of the Pontiac 400 brackets shows the power steering belt to be the last one on and closest to the front of the car compared to the other belts. The answer was simple and made me feel like a real dummy because it turns out, on a 70, the power steering belt rode on the second from the front pulley grooves. And like magic then all the grooves and belts line up. Engine is now fine and I still feel like a dummy. Hopes this helps somebody out there. Safe driving everyone.
[Reply to this comment]Anonymous on Feb 10, 2020 said:
Sorry forgot to mention for Trans AM. Do you know if the cooling fins on the alternator were originally painted black or zinc plated or other?
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Anonymous on Apr 28, 2022 said:
I have a 74 and on that it was zinc plated, I bought it from a GM Pontiac dealer in 1975, doubt it would have been changed in a years time but possible Im sure there were others that were different
[Reply to this comment]Anonymous on Sep 8, 2020 said:
What bolts to loosen for the power steering pump belt to remove.
[Reply to this comment]Anonymous on Mar 10, 2021 said:
Where do the little spacers go on the bracket?
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Anonymous on Oct 16, 2009 said:
THANX, I NEEDED THIS. PONTIACS HAVE CHANGED THE BRACKET CONFIGURATION + THE NUMBER OF WATER PUMP BOLTS OVER THE YEARS. I ENDED UP WITH BRACKET FOR 1968,1969, & 1974. NOTHING WOULD WORK WITHOUT BIG MODIFICATIONS. I AM STILL TRYING TO BOLT THE ALT. AND POWER STEERING JUMP TO THE PONT. ENGINE AND THEN ADAPT TO THE EL CAMINO BODY. "AIN'T" HOT RODIN FUN ! ! !
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