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 Topic: Steering Column - GeneralPosted: 23-August-2006 at 4:34AM |
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OK, I am setting up a separate topic about steering columns.
I just received the 74 tilt steering column I ordered. It looks like a piece of junk. Some problems:
1. The steering column part of the coupling ring was not on it at the engine compartment end.
2. There was a cut wire for a light ground.
3. The steering wheel was bent.
4. The nuetral safety switch was broken (plastic part is off).
Which causes me to ask a few questions:
1. Can new nuetral safety switches be ordered?
2. Can new ignition switches (the electrical part down the column that the rod attaches to) be ordered?
3. Is it a big deal that the coupling ring is not on at the steering gear end? Is it just a screw on type of fitting?
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Posted: 23-August-2006 at 5:45AM |
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Ok
1. Yes. Standard has them. What year is your column/car? I have some kicking around.
2. Read #1 verbatim.
3. The metal ring that attaches to the, well, "T" at the end of the column? The column I bought didn't have any attachments.. I just swapped over my whole end.
Man.. you should have kept the column I accidently mailed you ;-)
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Posted: 23-August-2006 at 5:56AM |
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After some research, I found ignition switches from Ford (Green Sales NOS) and PartsAmerica. Here are the Parts America stuff:
And, as I searched the Parts Catalog, I found that the broken switch is the backup light switch, not the nuetral safety switch as I had earlier thought. For a 1976 column, it is still available:
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Posted: 23-August-2006 at 6:02AM |
Yes, I should have kept that column!
It looks like, from the Master Parts catalog page, that the end of the column I refer to is actually a short shaft piece with a U-joint in it. Attachment to the column end (kind of a wedge shape) and with the coupling ring at the other end. So, I guess, in essence it is a 3-piece setup: column, intermiediate shaft/coupling ring/u-joint and finally the gear with the input shaft adapter ring to attach to coupling ring. Which means I ordered only the column part and not the intermediate section.
73 intermedate shaft IS the same as 74-76, so I can re-use.
Paul, was that column from your 76 Elite?
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Posted: 23-August-2006 at 6:32AM |
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That column was from my 78 Cougar. Some guy won it on ebay at the same time you won the control arms from me... I mixed up labels.
I sold it because I use a column from a Mark V (the PRND21 indicator is not on the collar, making it much easier to 'smooth' for a floor shifter).
Also.. why not reuse your old switches?
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Posted: 23-August-2006 at 6:49AM |
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The intermediate shaft section I will reuse, however I was going to replace the ignition electrical switch as a matter of good form (I know both of my Torinos have old, questionable ones), but the backup light switch was not even on my radar scope until I received the junky used column and saw the broken apart switch. While I understand that thing was probably dragged through a manure field before it got to me, I can't help but think any column that is that old will have the same switch in a less than ideal condition.
Like you said previously, if I don't do it now, I will never do it. So, with the column out, I will replace what I can and hope for 20 years of service from it...
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