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Discussion in 'General Maverick/Comet' started by hollisj, Aug 22, 2016.

  1. mvw66gt

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    I believe that's what Krazy is saying. No need to swap the steering box, just the pitman arm and other manual linkage if you got it. - Matt
     
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    Yes ... grab the pitman arm off the manual box, which will probably require a gear puller, and swap all the linkage from the manual car.
     
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    Yep keep the power sector but replace pitman arm, center link and idler arm with manual steer parts... I think you can use either the P/S or manual tie rods as they should be same, also probably the idler arm but were different some years...
     
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    Thanks for clearing things up for me, and providing all the info. I understand my options now.
     

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