is there any way to remove the directional switch from the steering column without cutting the wires on a 67 f-250. I would like to keepthe wires whole. Any response could help.

 

Yes. As you've probably discovered, there are seven wires on the switch. They terminate in two plugs under the dash -- five in one plug (it has six spaces, but one is empty) and two in the other. You can remove the wires from the plastic plugs by carefully depressing the metal tangs on the wire ends and sliding the out of the plug. There is a special tool made for this, but a very small flat-blade screwdriver works pretty well. Once the wires are out of the plugs, you can pull them through the column. Make sure to pull a spare wire or stout string through so you can attach it to the wires when you want to feed them back down through the column. Forget that last step, and you're in a world of hurt when you try to reassemble everything....

 

Here is what was talking about .

Another option is buying a special tool.

Lisle ,K.D.are two companies that make the special tool for about $8.00.

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Dennis, the picture you sent looks noting like mine at all. I was playing with the spare 71 col I have ...I wanted to see how hard the switch would be to remove. Here's the deal, the wires are afixed to the turn switch, and are afixed to a switch plug that (two of them) they are almost square.. The funnel collar slides over the wires, and to remove the collar one would have to disconnect the wires from the switch or the block, if you remove from the block how in the heck do you find the correct place to replug them into the right slot on the block. There's no other way to get the wires out w/o doing that. Alos how in the heck do you get thsoe screws and buts back on the collar? Geesh I'm sure g;ad I'm using my spare first... alos the wires for the 71 are a combination of light green and white where the ones on my own 69 are red and black, Weird huh?


Lonnie

 

I think that pic is from a later model("78-"79) column. When I did my p/s swap I found that the wires were not only different colors but the switch was wired different from my '65 column to the column from the '72 so I put my switch from the '65 in the '72 column. Make a little diagram on paper to keep the location of the wires right. As for the bolts that hold the switch housing on, they can be a bear. It takes patience. Sometimes if you keep them pointed towards the outside of the column while tightening them they will grab better. Also check the condition of the slots where they go in. If it's been taken apart and put back together much they can get chewed up.

Mike/Ohio

 

 

>Dennis, the picture you sent looks noting like mine at all.
>I was playing with the spare 71 col I have ...I wanted to
>see how hard the switch would be to remove. Here's the deal,
>the wires are afixed to the turn switch, and are afixed to a
>switch plug that (two of them) they are almost square..

Yup. That's what I said above. In the 67-72 trucks, the seven wires terminate in two separate plugs. One is a six-space rectangular plug that holds five wires (the 6th space is empty), and the other is a two-space plug.

>The funnel collar slides over the wires, and to remove the
>collar one would have to disconnect the wires from the
>switch or the block, if you remove from the block how in the
>heck do you find the correct place to replug them into the
>right slot on the block.

Just take notes first. As stated above, you do need to remove the wires from the plugs. Before you do, note the color of each wire (each is a different color code, though you may need to clean them to be able to distinguish them) and where it goes in each plug.

>alos the wires for the 71
>are a combination of light green and white where the ones on
>my own 69 are red and black, Weird huh?

Each of the seven wires is a different color. If you look closely, you'll see that each has a primary color and a stripe color. They may all look black if they are dirty or burnt, so clean them carefully.