Offered for your consideration, is a Reproduction Power Steering Hose Strap that was meant to "restrain" the Power Steering Hose going to the pump in order to keep it "out of the way" and keep it from potentially getting too close to the exhaust manifold. In most cases, these Straps have been found to be either missing completely, or only remnants of them still attached.
These have been observed on both 1967's and 1968's, yet no Ford Part Number has been found for this, and no Reproduction for it is currently available. While similar to the rubber strap used for the heater hoses on 1965-67's, that strap has been found to be not only too long, but too wide.
The original Power Steering Hose Straps appear to have been of tire cord material, and held to the front of the Driver';s side shock tower by either a "push-in" type pin or a "screw-in" SEMS fastener.
While having a Reproduction made of actual tire cord did not prove practical, I did find a company that would make them out of double-corded rubber, of a similar durometer A of 70-75. Dimensions were based on two intact original straps provided by two of our long time members. The straps have been machine cut and machine punched for uniformity. I only had a limited number of these made, so "first come, first served".
The first three pictures attached are showing the original Straps in place ; the remaining pictures are of the straps that I had made ; the last two pictures are of the two types of fasteners. Note that in the pictures of the straps I had made, some pictures show more than one strap, and also show a SEMS fastener. These are for illustrative purposes only ; this offering is for
one Strap only, and
no fastener is included.
If your car originally had Power Steering from the Factory, there should be an approximate 1/4" hole located just below the Service Specifications Sticker located on the front of the Driver's side Shock Tower ; if your Power Steering was added after it left the Factory, and no hole is present, there should be a dimple in the sheet metal there.
As far as the fastener, at this point, it has not been determined when, where or why the two different types were used. While the majority of those seen are of the "push-in" type, the SEMS fastener has been seen on both San Jose and Dearborn cars. If you have an existing hole, possibly you can tell if it is a "clean" hole, or if it has been "threaded" by a self-tapping screw. If in doubt of which fastener to use, or if you need to drill a hole in the shock tower sheet metal (due to its having been replaced or never had one to start with), I would drill a 13/64" hole (the size of a pilot hole for a #14 self-tapping screw), and use the "push-in" fastener until it has been determined which fastener would be "correct" for your specific application.
In either case, you are "in luck", as AMK has both. The "push-in" fastener is Hardware Part # 382040-S2, and the SEMS fastener is Hardware Part # 376276-S2 (S2 is "Raven Finish" - Phosphate and Oil).
For more information on this strap and its fasteners, see this thread located here in CMF -
http://www.concoursmustang.com/forum/index.php?topic=14382.0
Price for
one Reproduction Strap, with
no fastener is $27.00, including shipping to all locations in the Lower 48 States. Shipping beyond the Lower 48 may be able to be arranged at additional cost.
PayPal preferred.
Send PM if interested.
Thanks for looking.
Bob
