1971 f250 highboy --manual to power steering

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1971 f250 highboy --manual to power steering

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I have recently Purchased a 1971 f250 highboy it has Manual Steering I would like to install Power Steering I have saw the article here about a 1976 box (isnt there a easier way? )
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I bought the kit from Ibeling Repair Service back when I did a conversion on my 68 4X4.
Best investment I ever made. Wasn't to hard to do. Was tougher driving the truck everday with P/S.
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I did it this way and thought it wasn't to hard at all. Still have it issue free 5 years later. The pics are of my rig.

http://www.fordification.com/powersteering4wd.htm
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A friend of mine did his F250 in the same manner as Greg with one exception.He used a chassis parts manual with component demensions and found 2 ends and a sleeve that made a no weld drag link.

He is a certified welder and could have easily built a welded link but he wanted to use off the shelf parts in case of a future problem.

I'll get the info on what he used and post it in case someone here is interested. :)
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