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so whats the deal with power steering on a non power steering truck like mine? I have read alot of different stuff i want front discs as well
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Well, you can install Arm-strong steering by working out more, to beef up your shoulders and arms, or you can pull the manual steering gear box and drop in a PS box...but you'll also have to add a PS pulley, pump, lines, and different steering column. But if you're gonna do the power disc brakes, it won't be that much more work to change to PS. Search the forum here and at fordification.com...there's lots of threads/posts on both swaps with pix that show&tell the whole process. If you're on a budget, Armstrong steering is way more economical.
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Nothin' wrong with manual steering...only time it sux is at a dead standstill, when you need to move the wheels. As for the PS swap, there are two gearboxes...Bendix (junk) and Ford Saginaw (rebuildable, reliable). Bendix was used stock up to 70 or 71 I think, after that it was the Saginaw box. Bendix boxes leak and eventually crater out of the bottom seal, and run/operate hotter. If you do the conversion, go with a Saginaw gearbox and save yourself some future headache.
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Nothin' wrong with manual steering...only time it sux is at a dead standstill, when you need to move the wheels. As for the PS swap, there are two gearboxes...Bendix (junk) and Ford Saginaw (rebuildable, reliable). Bendix was used stock up to 70 or 71 I think, after that it was the Saginaw box. Bendix boxes leak and eventually crater out of the bottom seal, and run/operate hotter. If you do the conversion, go with a Saginaw gearbox and save yourself some future headache.
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I got a 390 that im hauling to the dump. Putting in 302 ;-)