Good Morning Everyone. I have a dilemma. I have a 1986 F250 with what appears to be older components. I have a 351W with duraspark distributor and 4BBl carb.

i have been chasing a weird starting issue and I believe I have found it. The truck starts but doesnt run. yesterday I took apart the steering wheel/column and removed the cylinder lock. There was no access hole to push the pin. I cleaned everything and found the ignition switch on the column was coming apart. I bought a new one and put it in...here is the issue.

I cannot get the steering wheel components to align. There are a series of notches inside the column at the base of the shift lever. The park notch is higher and deeper than the rest. The rest look like steps from R to 1. The park notch is the issue. The shift level will not rotate clockwise far enough to get over the edge of the notch and into position. Lever can be pulled towards you fine and you can see the it move up it will clear the notch..however that part of the column will not rotate far enough.

any help would be much appreciated.

picture attached for reference

 

Wrong forum... this is the 73-79 forum and we like out ignitions in the dash still and no locking steering wheel. I bet these folks can help.


1980 - 1986 Bullnose F100, F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums

 

OK...I am on the bullnose forum...they sent me here thinking you guys might be able to help

thanks anyway

 

I though you might have miss clicked, sorry I was not more helpful. I quit reading after 1986...thinking this is not my dept. I read thru it all now and it seems like it is still not in my personal experience dept.

I am glad I do not have a ignition in the steering column, if would just be another problem for me to work on.

 

Trucks from the dentside era have dash-mounted ignition switches - they didn't move to the column until the bullnose era. So unfortunately, we probably won't be able to help you unless someone here just recognizes the problem from another application. Sorry :/

 

Yea, but we're intellint too.
The problem may lie in your shifter linkage at the tranny. Check to see it the linkage adjuster has a nut and bolt. if it does, your in business, loosen and adjust. If it doesn't, your in the wrong damn forum