“…..Too many choices is the problem I seem to put my self into too……”

My issue with the steering is too many problems and not enough solutions


I’ve got a thread going on over at the MOPAR site and we’ve been tire kicking the PS issue around a bit. The couple of guys over there who have firsthand experience with these cars have pretty much come up empty too. In the process of talking about the ideas we have all come up with the same things that not feasible. While talking though I hit on an idea that is at least worth exploring.

I’m wondering if I can’t adapt a 605 box much lower than the original steering gear. That would require cutting the steering column back into the passenger compartment and running an intermediate shaft to connect the box to the column. Cutting the column that far back is necessary to get the angles gentle enough for steering joints to work without binding.

Chances are this will end up with rest of the pile of discarded ideas. . I figured I’d at least look at it before I send out the original manual gear for a $300+ rebuild. IF I can make this work the cost would be about the same as just rebuilding the gear. It would also allow me to keep the 4 speed AND have PS .