Name the steering column part....

[71 LUBER]

I'm looking for a missing piece on my EB. I'm currently putting the refinished steering column back in. Where the column goes through the fire wall, I have the interior flange that bolts inside the cab and put a new rubber column seal in. There is still a large hole that allows you to pull the column out with the linkage in tact. There's 4 bolts here (from the engine side) that would hold either a plate or another rubber gasket to completely seal that hole. I have neither and just looked through the LMC catalog with no luck.

What part is this and where could I find one?

 

[tasker]

courtesy of the Jeff's catalog....

 

[71 LUBER]

courtesy of the Jeff's catalog....

Thank you. I wonder why LMC doesn't show that? Or I missed it? %)

 

[tasker]

MIGHT have a spare if you're not in a super hurry

 

[71 LUBER]

No hurry here. Let me know, she isn't going anywhere for a while.

I double checked LMC's diagrams. They don't even show that part. They stop at the firewall seal. Odd. That bracket seals up the rest of the hole in the firewall below the column, correct? No seal between it and the fire wall though?

 

[tasker]

Will take a look but i don't think so...

 

[Landho]

I was looking for another obscure steering column part recently... phoned around to the vendors and found one that just happened to have one handy. Looks like they pulled it out of a crusty rust bucket in the back lot - but a little cleaning and a fresh coat of paint and it looks and functions as good as new!

 

[68rockcrawler]

Call Jeff's. I called them up and explained this same piece to them and they shipped it out from the "crusty rust bucket" but it did clean up real good.

 

[71 LUBER]

Texans just aren't used to the conditions of our EB's up here

It's not that crusty if it doesn't fall apart in your hands.

Is it the piece Tasker is showing, or am I missing that particular piece and the plate/gasket to cover the hole in the firewall?

 

[Ohio Bill]

I just went out and looked at mine. Looks like a simple plate holding a rubber gasket/boot around the steering column. Held on by 4 bolts.
Why couldn't this be made on the work bench?

 

[71 LUBER]

Are you describing the inner plate on the cab side or the one in the engine bay?

I need to know what it looks like before I could even attempt making one.

I'm starting to think I'm missing both this plate and the lower mounting bracket that Tasker shows. I'll take a picture when I get home and post it.

 

[71 LUBER]

Ok, here is the engine bay side....I was wrong, it's a 3 bolt piece, so yeah, the lower support Tasker is talking about my be what I am missing. By the scale of the Jeff's diagram, it looks too small. I'm still surprised there is no gasket to seal this against the firewall.

2nd pic is the interior flange.