1968 corvette P/S pump question
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Safety Car
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1968 corvette P/S pump question
Here is the dumb question of the day. Does the power steering pump have a GM part number and a date code stamped on it just like a starter, alt or carb??? Just needed to know. Thanks in advance. BK3 
Melting Slicks
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They have a date code but it is stamped inside the reservoir on the cast iron portion of the pump body and cannot be seen once the pump is assembled so it is not judged by NCRS.'
From page 53 1968-69 Technical Judging Guide NCRS Third Edition (Purple One)
Kurt
68 L-79 Coupe
From page 53 1968-69 Technical Judging Guide NCRS Third Edition (Purple One)
Kurt
68 L-79 Coupe
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Safety Car
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From: Saskatchewan, Canada
They have a date code but it is stamped inside the reservoir on the cast iron portion of the pump body and cannot be seen once the pump is assembled so it is not judged by NCRS.'
From page 53 1968-69 Technical Judging Guide NCRS Third Edition (Purple One)
Kurt
68 L-79 Coupe
From page 53 1968-69 Technical Judging Guide NCRS Third Edition (Purple One)
Kurt
68 L-79 Coupe
I appreciate your time & info. Now I know.That's what I love about this Forum, many knowledgeable members willing to spread some of that knowledge around.
Last edited by bkvette3; Apr 18, 2010 at 12:13 PM.
Melting Slicks
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I spent 10 long years restoring my 68 and drove myself near crazy with numbers and date codes. Fortunately, mine was mostly all original since I purchased it in 1972, and still have it.
The problem was that over the years before I heard of NCRS and numbers and date codes, I threw stuff away like smog pumps and carburetors and master cylinders and then had to find and buy all that stuff again at ridiculous high prices.
I learned the hard way, now I don't throw anything away and save everything.Along the way I also bought way to many books but now I have a pretty good reference library to pass on to my son when he gets the 68 (AFTER I am gone, not until then).
Kurt
The problem was that over the years before I heard of NCRS and numbers and date codes, I threw stuff away like smog pumps and carburetors and master cylinders and then had to find and buy all that stuff again at ridiculous high prices.
I learned the hard way, now I don't throw anything away and save everything.Along the way I also bought way to many books but now I have a pretty good reference library to pass on to my son when he gets the 68 (AFTER I am gone, not until then).
Kurt
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Safety Car
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From: Saskatchewan, Canada
I spent 10 long years restoring my 68 and drove myself near crazy with numbers and date codes. Fortunately, mine was mostly all original since I purchased it in 1972, and still have it.
The problem was that over the years before I heard of NCRS and numbers and date codes, I threw stuff away like smog pumps and carburetors and master cylinders and then had to find and buy all that stuff again at ridiculous high prices.
I learned the hard way, now I don't throw anything away and save everything.Along the way I also bought way to many books but now I have a pretty good reference library to pass on to my son when he gets the 68 (AFTER I am gone, not until then).
Kurt
The problem was that over the years before I heard of NCRS and numbers and date codes, I threw stuff away like smog pumps and carburetors and master cylinders and then had to find and buy all that stuff again at ridiculous high prices.
I learned the hard way, now I don't throw anything away and save everything.Along the way I also bought way to many books but now I have a pretty good reference library to pass on to my son when he gets the 68 (AFTER I am gone, not until then).
Kurt
Last edited by bkvette3; Apr 18, 2010 at 02:24 PM.
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This is a portion of the drawing for the 1967,68, and early 1969 Corvette power steering pump. GM part number 5698078. The date coding is stamped on the outside of the pump reservoir. It is possible that the pump mounting brackets could be covering the actual code so that they couldn't be read with the pump on the engine.
The alpha code "AG" sticker on the reservoir neck was added in June 1968 (revision AC) so I would think that it would have been included on most (if not all) 1969 pumps.
Jim
The alpha code "AG" sticker on the reservoir neck was added in June 1968 (revision AC) so I would think that it would have been included on most (if not all) 1969 pumps.
Jim
Last edited by Jim Shea; Apr 18, 2010 at 06:18 PM.
