Topic: Power steering pulley detailing

[CharlesTurner]

Do MCA judges look negatively towards painted grooves?

How about the power steering pump pulley.  Mine appears to have some black paint in the groove.

With a belt installed, it's not something that would stand out to most judges, but would not base restoration choices purely on whether or not something is a deduction in judging.  We know there usually wasn't paint in the grooves, so can't go wrong with restoring a pulley that way.

[Bob Gaines]

Do MCA judges look negatively towards painted grooves?

How about the power steering pump pulley.  Mine appears to have some black paint in the groove.

It looks like the aluminum PS bracket has black paint on it which it shouldn't. That would suggest that your PS pulley may have had a PO paint job before  too.