Tilt steering location
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Too many variables to say given your information here. It's also a very personal preference depending on your seating arrangement. Ideally, you want the bottom pointing toward your steering box shaft, and the wheel in a comfortable position for you when you sit in the seat. If you can figure all this out, the column will fit where it fits.
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I understand all this wayne. I don't have a seat in my truck. I was hoping a few folks that have there trucks put back together would tell me how it worked out for them.
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Well, Fred, I'm glad you understand that it's important to follow the correct sequence of events for installing your steering column. Typically, those who put the column in before the seat has had to redo their column mounting when they realize it doesn't work like they wanted it to. I'd hate for you to be one of them.
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There's no getting around what 52 Merc said. If you "understand" all that then you'll mock up your seat and determine where it should go. Bonus Built Cabs aren't real big inside and you'd be surprised how much difference an inch makes in any direction.
In respect to drop, a great of that depends on your height and your belly (or lack of) I'm not being a smart-a$$. These are real issues to consider.
Good Luck
In respect to drop, a great of that depends on your height and your belly (or lack of) I'm not being a smart-a$$. These are real issues to consider.
Good Luck
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It's not a matter of it being hard to say. It's about giving you the best answer possible from our experience. If you are connecting to a steering box in the stock location, it's gonna route through the floor where the stock column was mounted. If you're running another box in another location you'll need to possibly determine exhaust clearance issues and the angle that best suits your connection scheme safely. If that means going through the firewall then that's what you need to do. Each application is unique.
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On the two trucks I've done, one a 48 and the other a 49, the column went through the floor slightly higher than where the original column went, however, I used a 90 Ford Ranger seat in one and a 95 Mazda pickup seat in the other with a Volare box. Your seat selection and how you mount it will definitely make a difference. The two seats I used had thinner backs and I modified the seat mounting to lean them back a lot more than the original seat...
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fred
this might help
http://www.clubfte.com/users/jniolon...tsteering.html
and the redo
http://www.clubfte.com/users/jniolon...columnin_a.htm
john
this might help
http://www.clubfte.com/users/jniolon...tsteering.html
and the redo
http://www.clubfte.com/users/jniolon...columnin_a.htm
john
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It's unlikely you will be able to mount it thru the firewall with any steering box I know of unless you buy one of the column offset deals some of the hot rod places sell. It's a box that mounts to the firewall with two gears in it with either a chain or cogged belt running between. One gear is the input connected to the column and the other connects to the steering box. It's a cool deal to put the column at a shallower angle more like most modern vehicles and give foot clearance for pedals etc, but not inexpensive. Otherwise it is likely to mount near to or in the stock location.
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NO EMAN I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT. I THANK YOU AND ALL THE OTHERS FOR THE INPUT. BELEIVE ME I NEED ALL THE ADVICE I CAN GET. WHEN IT COMES TO A MUSTANG AM ON TOP OF IT. BUT THE OLD TRUCK GAME .I'M DUM AS DIRT. YOU AND 52 ARE RIGHT AND I THANK YALL AGAIN. LIKE WAYNE SAID IN THE CARTOON HORSE BEFORE THE CART. THAT HORSE AIN'T TO SMART. I WAS TRYING TO GET IT HOOKED UP SO I COULD MOVE IT AROUND THE SHOP. I DON'T HAVE BUT ONE LEG AND THAT MAKES IT HARD TO PUSH IT. I GUESS DOING THINGS TWICE IS HARDER THEN PUSHING. COST MORE TOO. LOL
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Easy on the caps lock.
Just put it in the stock location for the time being, the chances are all you may then need to do later is adjust the column drop length to suit you, your seat and the steering wheel you choose.
You never said what steering box you plan on using, or even what tilt column.
Just put it in the stock location for the time being, the chances are all you may then need to do later is adjust the column drop length to suit you, your seat and the steering wheel you choose.
You never said what steering box you plan on using, or even what tilt column.
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