Frank. I seen an old post were you said you ran with out a water pump tensioner and a slack belt. Did it work ok. We've just removed the PAS from my lads auto grass micra and it could be a way to go if the tensioner not needed.
I've just done power steering delete on my facelift. I just took the internals out of the pump and refitted it with just the pulley. I then looped the rack power steering lines through the standard reservoir so it'd stay lubed up.