It is always good to have the right equipment to effect a proper repair. Our old Bridgeport-style milling machine came to the rescue last month when my friend Dean approached me with a problem with his beautiful Jaguar MK II Saloon.
It seems that Jaguar, in its infinite wisdom, designed the engine compartment of these early 60’s era cars so tightly that was no room left up front for more than a single drive groove on the crank pulley. When Jaguar later introduced power steering as an option to their cars, there was literally no room to mount a power steering pump, given the cross-flow head, which fills the right side of the engine compartment with a pair (or more) of SU carburetors, and the left-side which is reserved for the dual exhaust manifold system.
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