I found a complete 1979 snowfighter dana 60 front end with steering box, pitman arm complete hub to hub for 200 bucks! I about peed my pants, haha anyway Im getting ready to drop my 44 and power assist ram crap, for this steering box setup and was looking for some info if it will bolt up on a frame bold pattern, or if I need to drill. Thanks alot, Sam

 

Excellent score! they usually sell in the 1,200-1,500 range around my neck of the woods (when and if you can even find one locally)

 

The box itself will not bolt right up, the frames and crossmember are different. You will have to modify the crossmember and re-drill the frame to acommodate the new box. Now, once you have this, chances are that unless you are suer awesome with the tape measure you will have an issue with the length of the drag link. Since the leafs and frames net different ride heigths, you will have an issue with the length of the drag link. I can wager that you will not nail the exact length perfectly. Since they are not adjustable, you will have a crooked steering wheel and you may have a limited turning radius to one side.
That being said, you have some work ahead of you, but as long as you have the fabricaion hat on, you might consider crossover steering. As long as you have to fab up a drag link anyway, the crossover will be about the same price.

 

Crossover steering? what does that intail...also if my steering wheel is crooked couldent i just take it off and skip some splines till its strait?

 

I don't know if the are still available, but I had purchased an adjustable drag link for my 79 supercab to compensate for the lift and eliminate the ''bump steer,'' it has been in for quite sometime now w/ no problems.

 

The design of a push pull system cant eliminate bumpsteer. There will always be some level of bumpsteer during suspension cycle.
Now with rather flat springs, the axle does not move towards the shackle as much as a spring with greater arch would so the problem is monimozed however the problem still exists.
That being said, this is much of the reason why we do not see this design any longer. The inverted "T" design virtually eliminates this problem, as does a true crossover design.