Steering swap
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Ok I pick up the truck in the morning. I liked the manual brakes but I think I would rather have power steering. To swap from a 72F100 360 auto to a 69 F250 360 manual I need the column, pump, pump mount, lines, and gear, nothing else? Will the gear mount in the same spot or will it need modification?
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Aaron, NOTICE! You will have a problem with the shifting of your manual tranny. About the only workaround is to go to floor shifting, find a rare SD ps column, or change your tranny to auto. Everything you mentioned will bolt right up. If you can grab the tranny and ds, you will be miles ahead, of course you might as well go for the discs too. :-)
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Let me clarify, I own both trucks, the 72 F100 is not driveable. The 69 F250 is the one I will convert. It is 4 on the floor, the column should work just fine, since I will use and automatic column. Shift linkage should not be an issue? Do I have to swap engine mounts? Both trucks have 4 wheel drums.
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Yes Aaron, you will need to swap the left engine perch along with the ps gear. You can get by with just swapping the column shaft if you want, now wireing changes, or you can swap the complete column and adjust the wiring as necessery. With Floor shifting already it looks to me to be a piece of cake. 
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