All, my '77 is back in the garage tonight after performing a power steering conversion using a '78 steering gear and pump. Although I hired a welder for the fabrication, I also learned that the process is not necessarily as some others show on YouTube (e.g. we didn't cut a box shape into the frame, etc.) and that there is a little misinformation on the Interwebs (e.g. the location of the lines for bleeding, etc.).

If anyone is interested, I will post some photos and comment how we completed the project - and if this subject has already been covered ad-nauseum, then I'll skip posting more about this.

p.s. Holy crap, if any of you are on the fence, this is a MUST DO. I can turn my 3/4 ton truck sitting on 35" x 12.5" mud tires with one finger, if I drove like an idiot only using one finger

 

Please do post it for inclusion in the Tech Info Compilation.

Pay it forward!

 

Lets see, more info is always better

 

GLAD to pay it forward. Although sometimes hard to find / hidden under obscure titles, I'm loving this community and your help. Here are four good photos detailing my conversion; send any questions that you have. Here is a top photo of the '78/9 Ford gear box to show that the lines plug in to the top of the box, which runs contradictory to the information from the Intewebs. That is a marine grade fuel filter above the box (came with the truck).



Here is a shot from the wheel well. A 3/8" plate was welded to the top of the frame and some minor body trimming was performed.



We took a boneyard '78 drag link to a machinist to have it lengthened slightly. In stock form, we couldn't get a 90-degree turn in both directions. We also used a stock '78 pitman arm.



Lastly, we finished the installation with a set of Skyjacker dual-steering stabilizers, available on Amazon for $135.