Column question

[mjhaltom]

I recently bought a junkyard Saginaw PS setup, but the column is broken. I have a manual 3 speed column in the truck now. Can I swap the shaft only out of the PS column into the manual column? Will I have to shorten the column housing? Any other problems ya'll could warn me about?

[19FORD67]

Unless I'm wrong, the saginaw gearbox is about 2" longer which will protrude into the cab if you keep the same column.

[FORDification]

Right...the PS column shaft is too short to fit in a MS 3-spd column. You'll need to find a PS column housing...or a 4-spd column (if you've got a floorshift), since the 4-spd columns are already short enough to accept the shorter PS column shaft.

[390Nut]

The connectors for the turn signal wiring changed in late-year `69, switching from 2 connectors to just one (same number of wires though, I believe) so that could cause a bit of problems if you're swapping columns (doesn't sound like it, though).

Other things are to replace the small parts while you got it apart; bearings, bushings, rag joint, etc. Might as well if you're taking it completely apart, but that's just my

Read these tutorials, before you start:

http://www.fordification.com/powersteering.htm

http://www.fordification.com/steering-column.htm

[fordman]

i am using only the shaft out of a manual right now in my automatic ps column. i have a bendix box. i don't remember which manual it came out of but it does work for me.

[ICEMAN6166]

i have an auto column from a 72 that i am not using, if you are interested send me a pm.