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Old Aug 11, 2021 | 02:10 PM
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Steering column interchange
Can you tell me if an automatic non-tilt steering column from a 1978 F100 will work in a 1975 F100? What years will interchange?
 
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My understanding is as long as both truck are the same either manual or power steering the columns should swap.
 
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You don't specify 2wd or 4wd so here are the Master catalog parts #s diagrams. They should point out any
differences in the years you specified 1975 and 1978 fixed auto steering columns.

2wd





4wd



 
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Sorry, I didn't realize there was a difference. 2WD
 
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In the new ZIPTIES N BIAS PLIES video, he road trips to buy a '79 F350 ex-U-haul truck equipped with an NP-435 or other four speed, and drives it home, and you can see that some previous owner had swapped an automatic column in there!
 
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I believe that the 78/79 models moved the Neutral Starter Switch from the steering column to the transmission.
 
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I believe that the 78/79 models moved the Neutral Starter Switch from the steering column to the transmission.
I have a 78 with it on the column, a 79 on the tranny
 
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Did all of the 73-79's have neutral safety switches?
 
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no, only trucks equipped with automatic transmissions.
 
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