Broncobowsher
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I am getting ready to rebuild the spare '73 auto column. I know it is a 1 year wonder column with a different PRND21 indicator that isn't lighted like the newer ones and it looks like it interchanges with most of the guts from the early 3-speed/manual steering columns. I got most of the shaft bits figured out and have a new turn signal switch ready for it.
But what I am looking for is a good exploded view of the column. I have tried my newest Bronco parts books. they show seperate parts but no exploded view.
Second, what are the wear items? I know the shifter is sloppy, it will need a new coller. But what other parts should I be looking at? Does the arm typlically wear? Shift tube? Selector plate? I plan to tear the column down and inspect everything before I order parts but am just curious to what others have found worn and needing replacing? Trying to figure how much new parts will ballpark in before I start on the project and where to find them all.
So far without tearing the column apart I figure I need new bearings (preventative maintance mostly),
shift coller (feel it is loose),
turn signal switch (already have),
shift knob (old cracked and falls off).
Does anyone know of a source of the correct '73 shift coller with the shark fin cast on it? I figure that I will probably just cut the pointer off the old shifter and JB weld it onto the new one. Unless someone comes up with a source. So far all I can find is the '74 and newer with the seperate pointer and they say to use that on the '73. I don't want that, I want the shark fin pointer, even if I have to make it myself.
But what I am looking for is a good exploded view of the column. I have tried my newest Bronco parts books. they show seperate parts but no exploded view.
Second, what are the wear items? I know the shifter is sloppy, it will need a new coller. But what other parts should I be looking at? Does the arm typlically wear? Shift tube? Selector plate? I plan to tear the column down and inspect everything before I order parts but am just curious to what others have found worn and needing replacing? Trying to figure how much new parts will ballpark in before I start on the project and where to find them all.
So far without tearing the column apart I figure I need new bearings (preventative maintance mostly),
shift coller (feel it is loose),
turn signal switch (already have),
shift knob (old cracked and falls off).
Does anyone know of a source of the correct '73 shift coller with the shark fin cast on it? I figure that I will probably just cut the pointer off the old shifter and JB weld it onto the new one. Unless someone comes up with a source. So far all I can find is the '74 and newer with the seperate pointer and they say to use that on the '73. I don't want that, I want the shark fin pointer, even if I have to make it myself.
