1968 Power steering??
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1968 Power steering??
Does anyone know if a 1968 F-350 dually chassis cab came available with power steering in 1968?? My 1968 F-350 dually has power steering, but appers to have a 1973-1977 steering column installed. I have looked through spec sheets and 1968 brochures, and they all say that F-350 chassis cabs for 1968 came with recirculating ball steering, and does not indicate that a power option was available. The factory turn signal switch is not hooked up and a universal column mount turn signal switch has been installed. It looks to me that someone installed the power steering box, pump, and column out of a newer truck to upsate the steering? Do 1967-1972's have different wiring for the turn signal switch than 1973-1977's? Why would someone change the column to add power steering??
Last edited by towmaster; Feb 3, 2006 at 07:19 PM.
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67-72 power steering columns can be hard to come by, but it could have been swapped in for other reasons.
Recirculating ball steering is power steering, manual steering boxes use a worm gear as far as I know.
67-72 power steering columns can be hard to come by, but it could have been swapped in for other reasons.
Recirculating ball steering is power steering, manual steering boxes use a worm gear as far as I know.
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Originally Posted by towmaster
Does anyone know if a 1968 F-350 dually chassis cab came available with power steering in 1968?? My 1968 F-350 dually has power steering, but appers to have a 1973-1977 steering column installed. I have looked through spec sheets and 1968 brochures, and they all say that F-350 chassis cabs for 1968 came with recirculating ball steering, and does not indicate that a power option was available. The factory turn signal switch is not hooked up and a universal column mount turn signal switch has been installed. It looks to me that someone installed the power steering box, pump, and column out of a newer truck to upsate the steering? Do 1967-1972's have different wiring for the turn signal switch than 1973-1977's? Why would someone change the column to add power steering??
Last edited by MR_J_DAHMER; Feb 4, 2006 at 01:09 AM.
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