fox body rack & pinion on my 66
01-31-2012, 04:43 PM
#11
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I run MS. All thats needed is a rebuild steering box or new flaming river steering box and a PS to MS drag link conversion kit OR a whole new MS drag link.
I run the Flaming river steering box and the conversion kit. Its not hard to park and ive been running it for about 5 years now daily driven and Im still glad I got rid of the PS crap. If I could do one thing different I would have spent a 100 bucks on a MS drag link rather than 40.00 on the PS TO MS conversion kit.
The only tricky part is removal and install of the boxes. I had to jack the engine up/remove a motor mount and remove the oil pan to slide the old box out and install the new one.
-Gun
I run the Flaming river steering box and the conversion kit. Its not hard to park and ive been running it for about 5 years now daily driven and Im still glad I got rid of the PS crap. If I could do one thing different I would have spent a 100 bucks on a MS drag link rather than 40.00 on the PS TO MS conversion kit.
The only tricky part is removal and install of the boxes. I had to jack the engine up/remove a motor mount and remove the oil pan to slide the old box out and install the new one.
-Gun
01-31-2012, 08:33 PM
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nope now its only going to cost you either 40 bucks for the PS to MS conversion kit or a 100 for a new MS draglink.
As I said before I used 40.00 kit. It uses the ball stud that goes into the pitman arm and clamps it into a socket type receiver. There is some play here and if you make it too tight it binds up. The new MS drag link for a 100.00 uses a built in ball and socket that is like what the cars originally came with. I suspect this works better and I plan to switch to it someday.
Laurel mountain mustang sells the MS drag link made in USA.
-Gun
As I said before I used 40.00 kit. It uses the ball stud that goes into the pitman arm and clamps it into a socket type receiver. There is some play here and if you make it too tight it binds up. The new MS drag link for a 100.00 uses a built in ball and socket that is like what the cars originally came with. I suspect this works better and I plan to switch to it someday.
Laurel mountain mustang sells the MS drag link made in USA.
-Gun
02-01-2012, 07:43 AM
#16
Ya i would not even mess around with the Ps to Ms conversion, get a new drag link and tie rod and be done with it. Besides you Ps in the 65 is worth more then the parts it cost to go to Ms. Think it cost me like 120 or so to change it sold the power steering stuff with a bad pump for about 300. And as said above you dont have to switch the steering box, If your car was a original ps car that box is better less steering wheel turns lock to lock.
02-02-2012, 04:24 PM
#20
Heres the one i used doing the conversion.
http://www.cjponyparts.com/tie-rod-e...-1966/p/ES713/
Also now looking at it the outer i think was also thicker.
http://www.cjponyparts.com/tie-rod-e...1966/p/ES336R/
The adjuster sleeve is also bigger on ps cars due to the drivers tierod being thicker.