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My 1987 Two Door Crown Victoria AKA THE BROWN BLOB
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Nice! I had a new steering box put in my car about a month ago. It's a huge improvement from the old leaky one.
1989 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series | 249k miles, current project car 2018 BMW 430i xDrive M-Sport | 50k miles 2018 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport | 97k miles
Thats actually what i really wanted to do, but i am having all of the work done for free. I just pay for all the materials and such. I dont want to push my luck. A nice brown top will go back on. The car will still look good.
Another option, instead of a coupler you could have a custom line made. Basically you'd cut the crimp off the pump end of the shiny new line and remove that piece of steel tube. Do the same thing with a box style line, but toss the rubber part of the box hose. Have a hydraulic shop assemble the piece that goes into a box power steering pump into the hose that goes into a whale steering box. It shouldn't be all that difficult a job for them, and I don't expect it would cost a ton either.
86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers
not quite. You have to do a little cut and splice work for the input coupler, and you have to do some plumbing work for the lines. The steering box fittings changed on later models, and there is no steering hose that fits the late style box at one end and our early pump at the other. You have to make one. It bolts up to the frame, and our pitman arm fits it though. Its not a hugely involved swap, but its not just like installing a stock replacement steering gear for the same year car.
I'm actually half tempted to take a couple apart some time to see if I can stuff the later model guts inside of an original box case so it becomes a bolt-on item. It may actually be easier than the custom stuff.
86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers
I'm actually half tempted to take a couple apart some time to see if I can stuff the later model guts inside of an original box case so it becomes a bolt-on item. It may actually be easier than the custom stuff.
Police and civilian boxes have same steering ratio.
I think he was referring to the difference between a civilian box and whale police car.
1989 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series | 249k miles, current project car 2018 BMW 430i xDrive M-Sport | 50k miles 2018 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport | 97k miles
Another option, instead of a coupler you could have a custom line made. Basically you'd cut the crimp off the pump end of the shiny new line and remove that piece of steel tube. Do the same thing with a box style line, but toss the rubber part of the box hose. Have a hydraulic shop assemble the piece that goes into a box power steering pump into the hose that goes into a whale steering box. It shouldn't be all that difficult a job for them, and I don't expect it would cost a ton either.
I was thinking about it. Picked up the union part today though. If that proceeds to give me trouble I will look into that route as it would in the end be a hell of a lot cleaner looking.
Most of the difference is in the torsion bar. I think the turn ratio and lock to lock travel is the same from 79-2002 though. The difference in feel between a sloppy box and one that works right is probably why it feels so much quicker.
86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers
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