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After installing the power steering pump and brackets supplied by Borgenson I found that because there is no fan spacer and there is no room to add one I could not add a double-groove crank pulley in the style of this single-groove crank pulley because the groove would be in front of the pulley. To fix this issue I used a 63/64 260 3 groove crank pulley and machined the bracket spacers down to get the pump pulley to line up to the middle groove on the crank pulley. The Borgenson power steering hoses with a little bending of the steel lines at the steering box.

The Borgenson power steering unit is a nice alternative to the original Ford ram style power steering but does come with some drawbacks, does not work with a column shift (I have not come up with a solution for this yet) or a stick shift using the original Z-bar, headers can also be an issue because of the size of the steering box, another issue is that the steering box is so long that the joint for attaching the steering column is partially inside the car. In this article, I am installing a Borgenson unit in a 64 Falcon wagon which had been converted to a 289/C4 with a floor shift. I am going to show how I do this conversion in 60-65 falcons as the procedure is the same to address the issues with this installation.

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Grinding some of the boss pad off gives the steering box enough clearance.

Borgenson Power steering installation in a 1964 ford falcon

This is how I fix the steering column issue. I use a dampener style U-joint instead of the rag joint, I install a support bearing inside the steering column which is bolted in place, the steering shaft is cut down to the correct length needed and a 3/4" double D is machined into the end of the shaft so it will couple to the U-joint. I make a one-piece firewall cover with an adjustable lower column support bolted to it. The steering column is clamped to the lower support. The original style firewall seal is used with the one-piece firewall plate. When everything is installed the U-joint ends up partially inside the steering column. The steering shaft is supported by the lower bearing that was added and the original upper bearing, the steering column is supported by the added lower column support and the original support under the dashboard.

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Here is a comparison between the original steering box and the Borgenson. Because of the use of an early Mustang left side exhaust manifold the original steering box was tight already but the Borgenson box will not fit without some modifications, I generally do not use this Mustang manifold on the Falcons, the 63-65 Fairlane/Galaxie manifold is a better fit if doing dual exhaust except if you are using the original ram style power steering

Here is a picture of the original '64 falcon steering box (with steering shaft cut off) and the Borgenson steering box, you can see the differences in the length of the two steering boxes.

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The new steering box is just a little longer and hits the shock tower, I put a little bump in the tower to give the steering box some clearance.

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These pictures show you how far the steering joint sticks inside the car.