Steering wheel upside down...

Thanks for all the comments on my original post. Thought I'd provide a follow up for anyone in the future performing a 'search' for steering wheel, column, coupler or roll pin.

I ended up getting the coupler rebuild kit from ebay and pulling the column. I painted the coupler and stopped there so it could dry and I plan to reassemble tomorrow.

There are two 'blow up' drawings floating around on FABO showing the coupler. One shows a tiny pin that holds the assembly together- the other dosen't. I didn't know this pin existed and wondered why it wouldn't come apart. I searched FABO and learned of its existence and how it had to be pushed out of the coupler body from the inside. With the power brake booster in the way this seemed difficult until I remembered having a brake adjuster tool in my box. I slipped it in, rocked it back and out it came.

Another tool that helped remove the large roll pin was a 2' long piece of 3/8" rebar with one end ground down to slightly less than the roll pin diameter. Aim the car's wheels straight ahead, place the tool into the center of the roll pin hole and tap away. There is a land that the tool can contact if it isn't centered so if the roll pin doesn't come out easily, it isn't centered. No need for heavy hammer blows.

My car has master splines in the pitman arm, steering wheel and coupler so I expect to cure the upside down steering wheel by assembling the steering-shaft-to-coupler 180 degrees from previous.