1972 F100 Steering Column
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1972 F100 Steering Column
STEERING HOUSING 1972 FORD F100
I just removed my steering wheel to replace the pointer on my automatic. The signal/horn casing had to be removed by taking off the 2 nuts. Once I did this the whole shifter housing was pushed forward by a spring in the housing. The bolts (where the nuts were taken from) fell out of thier slot. In order to put the housing back together i had to put a rubber band on the bolts to hold them in place while i put on the signal/horn casing; all the while trying to hold the spring loaded shifter housing back. It was a job for a man with 6 hands.
Anybody know an easier way to reassemble the steering housing?
I just removed my steering wheel to replace the pointer on my automatic. The signal/horn casing had to be removed by taking off the 2 nuts. Once I did this the whole shifter housing was pushed forward by a spring in the housing. The bolts (where the nuts were taken from) fell out of thier slot. In order to put the housing back together i had to put a rubber band on the bolts to hold them in place while i put on the signal/horn casing; all the while trying to hold the spring loaded shifter housing back. It was a job for a man with 6 hands.
Anybody know an easier way to reassemble the steering housing?
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STEERING HOUSING 1972 FORD F100
I just removed my steering wheel to replace the pointer on my automatic. The signal/horn casing had to be removed by taking off the 2 nuts. Once I did this the whole shifter housing was pushed forward by a spring in the housing. The bolts (where the nuts were taken from) fell out of their slot. In order to put the housing back together i had to put a rubber band on the bolts to hold them in place while i put on the signal/horn casing; all the while trying to hold the spring loaded shifter housing back. It was a job for a man with 6 hands.
Anybody know an easier way to reassemble the steering housing?
I just removed my steering wheel to replace the pointer on my automatic. The signal/horn casing had to be removed by taking off the 2 nuts. Once I did this the whole shifter housing was pushed forward by a spring in the housing. The bolts (where the nuts were taken from) fell out of their slot. In order to put the housing back together i had to put a rubber band on the bolts to hold them in place while i put on the signal/horn casing; all the while trying to hold the spring loaded shifter housing back. It was a job for a man with 6 hands.
Anybody know an easier way to reassemble the steering housing?
If you replaced a plastic shift dial pointer (D3TZ-7A110-A), the original shift collar has been replaced. 1965/72 collars had the shift pointer made as part of them.
Ford replaced the 1965/72 collar with the 1973/77 collar that has a slot in it for the plastic pointer to slip into.
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Bill,
The switch that is under the dash on the steering column that tells the ingnition switch that the pickup is in park has a lever that pushes the switch into a contact position. The lever on the shaft has come off and i can't seem to make it fit the grooves in the shaft. My question is "can i just tie the wires together so that the switch always indicates the pu is in park" so it will start?
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Ray
The switch that is under the dash on the steering column that tells the ingnition switch that the pickup is in park has a lever that pushes the switch into a contact position. The lever on the shaft has come off and i can't seem to make it fit the grooves in the shaft. My question is "can i just tie the wires together so that the switch always indicates the pu is in park" so it will start?
Thanks,
Ray
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The neutral safety switch(on the column) also controls the back up lights. There is a flat four pin connector that you can make jumpers to fix that. Two wires for NSS, just make a jumper to plug into each socket. The other two you can hook to a switch on the dash to activate the back up lights.
When I've converted my auto's to stick shift I have done this.
When I've converted my auto's to stick shift I have done this.
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The Neutral Safety switch (NSS) that is under the dash on the steering column that tells the ignition switch that the pickup is in park has a lever that pushes the switch into a contact position.
The lever on the shaft has come off and I can't seem to make it fit the grooves in the shaft.
The lever on the shaft has come off and I can't seem to make it fit the grooves in the shaft.
Attaches to shift tube thru hole in mast jacket (steering column outer shroud). Knife blade end fits into NSS
What happens to it: Knife blade end snaps off, and/or the little darlin' loses tensile strength and falls off the shift tube.
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Although it is possible to bypass the neutral/park safety switch I would recommend against it. It is easy to forget that it is bypassed start it and run into something. I used to bypass them but not any more. Just my opinion.
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A friend and I just fixed the problem. Here is what we did. We dropped the steering column from it bracket on the dash; pulled it low enough to work with, put the shifter in neutral, and set the left clip in the slot on the shaft then rotated the shifter over to park and put the right side clip in the other slot. Reinstalled the column and mounted the switch back on the column; adjusting it so that it will start in park.
The rotation while putting in the clip made the job a 100% easier.
Thanks for all the help!!!!!!! Its great to know that many knowledgeable guys are out there willing to share their wisdom!
Thanks again.
The rotation while putting in the clip made the job a 100% easier.
Thanks for all the help!!!!!!! Its great to know that many knowledgeable guys are out there willing to share their wisdom!
Thanks again.
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