69 Dart
Here are some older pics of the mockup of the steering column. I used a 89 Jeep Cherokee tilt unit. Its basically a GM column but it does have MOPAR markings on it for the sake of keeping the car "pure MOPAR". THe U-Joint and 1" double-D shaft are from Flaming River. Most MOPAR steering boxes have a 5/8" shaft but the spline pitch is different than the standard 5/8" so MAKE SURE and get the U-joint for the MOPAR. Its called a 5/8C X 1" DD. THe spacing of the mount ears under the dash is real close. Since my car is being totally re-done I chose to drill out the holes in the mount flange under the dash and use 3/8" bolts but if you are just putting in the column, then a couple of 5/16 nuts with the threads drilled out will keep it centered perfectly. The bottom of the column had a mount flange that needed to be removed. Be careful since its easy to cut thru both the flange and the column. Its also a smaller diameter than the stock column so the plate that goes around the stock column is too large. A piece of 3/8" fuel hose works great to close the gap and keep dust, dirt, and fumes from coming up around the bottom of the column. Wiring is a job but pretty straight forward. Again since my car was being completely redone and I'm using an after-market harness it wasn't a problem but if you are staying with the stock harness then you will need to do some splice work. Its easier if you can get an old turn signal switch and cut off the plug with about 6 inches of the wire. Splice this into the new column and then just plug into your existing harness. If you want to use the column mounted dimmer then its better to put relays under the hood for the headlights and just use the dimmer to trip the relays. I'm still playing with the wiper switch setup. Getting them to work is not the problem, can even get the delay feature in the column to work. Parking is the problem since the GM style switch doesn't seem to provide a hot side in the off position to park the wiper motor. Been talking to some electronics guysd though and might be able to get it to work.
Here are some older pics of the mockup of the steering column. I used a 89 Jeep Cherokee tilt unit. Its basically a GM column but it does have MOPAR markings on it for the sake of keeping the car "pure MOPAR". THe U-Joint and 1" double-D shaft are from Flaming River. Most MOPAR steering boxes have a 5/8" shaft but the spline pitch is different than the standard 5/8" so MAKE SURE and get the U-joint for the MOPAR. Its called a 5/8C X 1" DD. THe spacing of the mount ears under the dash is real close. Since my car is being totally re-done I chose to drill out the holes in the mount flange under the dash and use 3/8" bolts but if you are just putting in the column, then a couple of 5/16 nuts with the threads drilled out will keep it centered perfectly. The bottom of the column had a mount flange that needed to be removed. Be careful since its easy to cut thru both the flange and the column. Its also a smaller diameter than the stock column so the plate that goes around the stock column is too large. A piece of 3/8" fuel hose works great to close the gap and keep dust, dirt, and fumes from coming up around the bottom of the column. Wiring is a job but pretty straight forward. Again since my car was being completely redone and I'm using an after-market harness it wasn't a problem but if you are staying with the stock harness then you will need to do some splice work. Its easier if you can get an old turn signal switch and cut off the plug with about 6 inches of the wire. Splice this into the new column and then just plug into your existing harness. If you want to use the column mounted dimmer then its better to put relays under the hood for the headlights and just use the dimmer to trip the relays. I'm still playing with the wiper switch setup. Getting them to work is not the problem, can even get the delay feature in the column to work. Parking is the problem since the GM style switch doesn't seem to provide a hot side in the off position to park the wiper motor. Been talking to some electronics guysd though and might be able to get it to work.