my truck was broken into and someone tried to steal it, so since they ripped out the ignition cylinder i need to repace the entire column. any suggestions or tips would be greatful. i found a column from a 1989 250 gasser, will this work?

 

Yes it should work...I installed a tilt steering colum in my 84, I was happily surprised how easy it was, mind you I had the entire dash out at the time...use a good manual for reference, I used haynes. lol

 

I did this job on my 86 F350 (read post on resart of 6.9 after sitting for months..)
The original colmn was all destroyed from a bad car thief.
Undo dash woodgrain face, remove lower trim
unbolt 5 screws at firewall (inside) unbolt steering shaft bolt,
un bolt two bolts holding colmn up to dash
undo ign plug and turn signalplug..
Yes a gas truck column will work fine.
hope that helps a bit..
Dane V
www.fordautowrecking.com

 

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bcford6.9,

Where did you get your tilt steering column from?

My 91' sure could use one. There just is not enough legroom between the bench and the steering wheel which makes getting in and out of the truck a royal pain.

 

Hamberger, the tilt steering colum, as well as a/c dash, power windows/doorlocks came with the truck uninstalled when I bought the truck. There was a Ford Jobrite sticker on the colum, I think there shop is in Port Kels? They have ads in the buy&sell...I just found the # 604-518-3673 lol

 

Thanks, hopefully a tilt column is not too expensive, it would sure be nice to have so.