Good morning to Pat and all the rest of my FTE buds on this Monday, have a great day!

 

Hey Corey! How was your weekend?

 

Pretty productive. I pulled the steering column out of the '79 in some cold *** weather and managed to get it torn apart. Now the fun part is trying to find parts for the tilt mechanism. Here are a couple of pics I snapped. I really should just start a build thread:

 

Okay, so why don't you? Damn slacker, anyway!LOL! I was hoping to find a tilt column for a stick from a 73-79. I don't even know if they made them, so I'll either use the one out of the 89, or get an aftermarket one.

 

All of the photo taking and sorting seems like waaaaay too much work

I believe they did but they are as rare as hen's teeth so best of luck with that. I know ranger429 converted and auto tilt to a manual for his crew cab build. I will see if I can find the thread and post the link for it.

How was your weekend?

 

Yeah, see if you can dig that up, that would be great! Weekend was okay, except for being here yesterday.

 

Ask and you shall receive:

Here is the post:

Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums - View Single Post - My 79 crewcab build thread (56K pics inside)

Here is the rest of the thread:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...cs-inside.html

 

Cool! thanks Corey, I'll check that out!

 

You're welcome! Glad I could make myself of use for once lol.

 

And now you can slack off for the rest of the week......

 

Damn skippy, already on it LOL

 

Unfortunately, I'm going to have to be somewhat productive this week, I've got a few things to do. Nothing too major, though.

 

Howdy Montana! Happy Monday!

Hey Corey, looks like you survived the snow experience, lol.

I know a few years ago, you could still buy the tilt mechanism for the column... my mechanic buddy in Helena found one and rebuilt the column in my 78 when I lived up there.

 

Howdy Rob! I know they're getting awful rare, I've been looking for two years and still haven't found one.

 

Morning Rob! They discontinued the actuators a few years back. Bill gave me a few leads to follow so I just need to make some phone calls this week to see if I can get one. Wish I would have done this sooner lol.

I see tilt columns on ebay quite a bit but never for less than a Benjamin.