861 PS pump

[Bern]

So I go down to my local NAPA store today and pickup a 2014 tractor calendar while I'm there. I quickly thumb through it to find all the Fords (only one!), and Miss November happens to be an 861. The PS pump on this thing immediately caught my eye.

I don't consider myself an expert on any Ford tractor pre 1965, however that PS pump does not look factory to me. What say the hundred-series experts?

 

[Ultradog MN]

Likewise a post 65 enthusiast here but I'm sure the pump is an aftermarket replacement.
If we're going to get into nitpicking (which I enjoy) the front bumper and rear wheel centers are for an N series and the steering cylinder lines are very incorrect too.

 

[ErnieD]

Supercharger?

 

[old]

Sure as heck does not look like the one on my 841 and my 841 has factory power steering on it

 

[Bern]

Don't think so - the lines clearly go to the steering box. Here's a close-up.

 

[Jimmyjack]

Dont know, and dont care! Its one of the best old fords you can have for a working tractor or parade machine.

 

[ErnieD]

humor

gotcha

 

[Dean]

It is not either type of OEM pump.

Dean

 

[showcrop]

It is very much to the owner's credit that the distributor is not painted. They almost always are.

 

[White half track]

Also jubilee or 8n wheel centers. Still a nice machine

 

[WayneIA]

There is an after market Power Steering kit that comes from India, I believe, that uses a pump looking like this. I can"t remember were I have seen these for sale though.

 

[Dollar Bill]

That appears to be the aftermarket Sparex power steering kit - Part number S61100 as shown on "BigDawgs" tractor below:

 

[white halftrack]

oops. I need to read better.