Looks like I'm going to get screwed by more ineptitude

[bull]

Well, I've got another anecdote of ineptitude to add to my ever-growing pile of manure as it relates to this restoration. A while back I had some stuff powder coated including the brackets and pulley for my TRW steering pump. Everything except the pulley and one half of the two-piece bracket turned out fine so I sent those two parts back to be redone. So about a week and a half went by and I called for an update and he told me he had forgotten about them and would send them right over to be stripped. Another week goes by and I called for another update and he tells me the place that does the stripping can't find them. So unless they turn up I'll have to hunt down a TRW pulley and bracket. The bracket sets are being reproduced and can be had for about $55 but those TRW pulleys appear to be quite rare and I can't find anyone who's reproducing them and have yet to find one used although I just started looking.

Anyway, does anyone know where I can find a press-fit pulley for a TRW steering pump?

[bull]

That's what I figured. They aren't easy to find. The guy called me back and told me the other place might have accidentally sent them out the door with another order someone picked up so they're trying to track them down.

[resq302]

Good luck recovering it!