1stGenCamaro, Thanks very much for your reply. The column does have the word "LOCK" at the key for the extreme position so it is helpful to know how your Camaro works. I had a '93 LeBaron which had a very similar column and was stolen and I had to start it with a screwdriver for a week or two after it was recovered. However, the "lever/rack" at the bottom of the column has a rubber grommet so it must be connected to something. It is hard to visualize the setup just by wrestling it on the garage floor but I am sure it will or will not lock depending on the position of the rack/lever so maybe it is spring loaded somehow. I know I am bordering on asking dumb questions, but I am thrashing around just trying to get the car built somehow in a reasonable way. On the Camaro the lever/rack would be in a place before the universal joint and the D-shaft so it may be hard to see even on a lift, but because I need to know I would ask anyone who has an '82 or similar Camaro what the heck is connected to that grommet down at the bottom of the firewall?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder