Steering shaft play/slop

[Chryco Psycho]

last pic is not related to the column , 1 is a door lock tailpiece , not sure where the spring is from
some of the parts are still available from Mopar but I would think you would be much futher ahead to find a donor column & either use it or built 2 from one , al lot of the parts will swap from almost any non tilt & non telescopic column up to 89 when the went to the double sided key

[shadango]

Thanks Chryco....

Looked at the manual extra close and then took a look at my column again.

Looks like someone replaced the bearing housing and keylock housing with one from a column shift car....seems to me that the column itself is original since it has the (non working) "depress lever" section where the shifter handle would be on a column shift car....you wouldnt install that on purpose and not make it work and then add the other parts (I wouldnt think).....so maybe someone busted the key housing or something and those sections were replaced.



I contemplated cutting off the indicator box sections and smoothing things out but then I realized that that would be a ton of work for little reward....

My guess is that it will be hard to find those two housing pieces quickly and cheaply.....so I am going to make lemonade out of lemons and repaint what I have etc and reassemble and use as-is until I can find a column that doesn't have the indicator box.....in the meantime I am going to try and make a lens or something that says "plymouth" or "barracuda" for that section.....no idea how yet but that is the plan...backlighted, that should be neat.

I was able to fashion a screw that works to replace the missing one holding the lock housing to the column...

After looking over everything again I am reasonably confident that the locking stuff isnt needed as far as slop in the column goes....we will see I guess...LOL

So for now, gonna try and pull the key cylinder out (tricks there?) and then track down paint for it....clean it up and paint it and then reassemble and hope the electrical works...LOL

I figured I should paint the column whatever I paint the dash...which will be black....

I read somewhere that "suede black" is what they used on the column....I think I saw that at Home Depot in spray bombs! Think it will hold up?

So I will just have to buy the upper bearing, the snaprings, the retainer plate and the lower seal and maybe a couple screws/bolts that I have made work but wouldnt mind going with the "right" ones......local dealer claims he can get all that stuff , so stopping in late today to see.

[Chryco Psycho]

under the lock plate at about 2 pm position there is a small hole , depress the retainer in the small hole & slide the lock out
 Try Dean @ tilleman@platinum.ca , he may have a column or parts for you

[shadango]

I found a source for the three collar set, pre-mediablasted and all....$65

Not bad!  Just ordered.