"......the wife gets a new hair cut and I am blind as a bat......"

It's better to not notice than to mention you liked it better the way it was before. I don't do that......anymore.


I picked up another steering gear and column for the Plymouth yesterday.

sg by M Patterson, on Flickr


A friend of mine happened to have it sitting on the shelf. He recently pulled it from a running 57 Dodge he converted to power steering. I was pretty happy that it was already out. They are a giant PIA to remove. The carpet has to be pulled up to access a floor plate that’s about 12” X 18” then after you get the gear unbolted the whole assembly (steering box and column) has to be threaded around the pedals and brought out thru the interior of the car.

The down side is that it has as much play in it as the one in my Plymouth so it will still have to be sent out and gone thru. I got the column stripped off so it’s ready to box up and ship out.

rs by M Patterson, on Flickr


Having the gear and column at least lets me leave the Plymouth together and driving until I get the box back and ready to install. I can also get some good measurements to see if electric power steering is going to be feasible.

I spent some time up under the dash yesterday and have pretty much come to the conclusion that if I do go with electric PS I’m going to have to lose the clutch pedal to make room for it which would settle the debate as to whether to keep the 4 speed or go automatic.


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