He says he "swears" there is one there because a buddie's truck (about the same setup) has one. But he did say something was missing

 

Without a picture we are not going to get anywhere.

 

I'm stumped at what it could be....i've heard of people using dodge gearboxes on dents, could it be one of those maybe? Does the wheel wobble when he is driving?

 

He says he knows something is missing and can see where the parts are moving between the pitman arm and the hydraulic piece come together.
His buddies truck has (about the same setup) a bushing.

 

I'm sorry I am not much help but I'm doin my best to get everything out of him haha thanks for helping!

 

I bet if he takes the pitman arm off of the selector his splines are worn down, thats what happened on my cousins tractor. without splines the pieces would move and it could look like something is missing.

 

Ok he says this is his book picture of what he is missing this "bushing"
Sorry it's blurry!

 

What book does he have and what page is it on?

 

The book is a brown old owners workshop manual "Ford Pick-ups & Bronco: 1973 thru 1979, 2wd and 4wd, six-cylinder in line & V8 models f-100 thru f-350"
Page 283

 

Those Passenger Car control valves are not the same, do not even look the same as the TWO different types of control valves used on F250 High Boys with Power Assist P/S.

P/S was not available for 4WD's until 1973, so it's been swapped in...but from what?

Assuming it's Power Assist P/S from a 1973/77 F250 High Boy, there are two different types of Power Assist. The parts do not interchange!
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1973 F250 4WD, 1974 F250 4WD before serial number T80,001 use GARRISON Power Assist P/S.

The Garrison P/S control valve has two short draglinks attached to it, one at the front (3 1/2" long), one at the rear (5 1/2" long).

Each draglink has a non replaceable stud/ball joint swagged into it. The stud of the forward 3 1/2" draglink fits into the Pitman Arm.

If the ball joint is worn, the 3 1/2" draglink has to be replaced: D3TZ-3304-D.
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1974 F250 4WD from serial number T80,001, 1975/76 F250 4WD, 1977 F250 4WD before serial number Y20,001 use BENDIX Power Assist P/S.

The Pitman Arm with Bendix P/S fits into a replaceable ball stud located on the forward section of the control valve. There is a rubber boot surrounding the ball stud.

There is a coil spring associated with the ball stud, fits in front of it.

The spring collapses and/or the ball stud wears, causing it to flop around, the steering becomes loosy-goosy.

If this is the setup you have, you will need the ball stud repair kit (D4TZ-3A533-A) and the actuator kit which includes the coil spring (D4TZ-3783-A)

All these parts are obsolete, but can be found NOS.

 

What about the sector shaft bushing number dummy?

 

The hydraulic power assist steering came stock on his truck. Also his buddie's 1968 has the stock hydraulic steering too with this bushing.

 

There isn't one...it is made as part of the steering gearbox housing.

Why would you need it...if the truck has swapped in P/S? Does the Pitman Arm connect to the Power Assist P/S control Valve?

Or does it connect to the sector shaft? If it connects to the sector shaft, the truck does not have P/S, has M/S or some other type of P/S was swapped in.

I HATE SWAPS! You wanna know why?

Peeps make changes, do not record what the parts come from, then when something breaks, they waltz into the parts dept, lay a bunch of greasy parts on the counter...say what are these from?

It was bad enough at the parts counter, but at least you could "eye ball" the parts, compare with new parts.

On the internet it's worse, because without an actual photograph of how the Pitman Arm is connected, it's impossible to help.

Post #25: I listed both types of F250 4WD High Boy Power Assist P/S control valves, explained how the Pitman Arm connects to each type. Without further info...or a pic, there is nothing else I can do.

 

Could you maybe just give me a website for 70's fords trucks? I just need to find this bushing

 

If Bill doesn't know then I wouldn't know who would. He was a Ford Parts Manager for a long time.