Geo's 1969 Swinger 340 thread

[FJRdoc]

I love my 20 ton shop press. One of the best purchases that I made.

 

[Geo4K]

I painted the upper and lower control arms - went with black for both (sorry purists!). This weekend I pulled the steering box off and took the steering column out. I'll box up the steering box soon and mail it off to Firm Feel for a rebuild and a 20:1 gear inside of it. I'm going to let them remove and replace the pitman arm too. I cleaned most of the gunk off the box - just can't make myself ship it filthy.

I was just a bit surprised that Mopar used a 12 point bolt head to attach the steering box. For the roll pin I had to make a "custom" tool by sacrificing another. I was filthy and didn't feel like getting clean to go out....

Now that I have the column out, are there components in there I should rebuild as well? Please feel free to make any suggestions for me while I am at this stage - here's a few pics:

 

[Geo4K]

PS:
I must be thick headed - I can't figure out how to upload photos and place text between them - like captions. Makes it hard for y'all to read and for me to explain what I am talking about.... What am I missing?

 

[Geo4K]

My box was mailed out today. Should be there NLT Thursday. It barely fit inside of a USPS Priority box (Large). If I could have removed the FN pitman arm, it would have fit into a smaller box.... Meh.

There's a 3 week turnaround on them. I'm good with all that.

I'll work on the new sway bar bushings while I wait.

George

 

[Twistgrip]

It is great that you have the early story of your car, you are adding to it now. Have fun and document your part of its story.

 

[68GTconvert]

Cool build George. Going to be sweet.

 

[paulz340dart]

George it looks like you are making great progress, you will enjoy it so much when you are done.