steering box id

[purplescamper]

i have a 73 scamp with power steering...years ago somebody gave me a steering box out of a diplomat police car, im wondering if it is out of a cop car and how will it work in my scamp

 

[Oklacarcollecto]

There is no picture to id. Is it for sure a Diplomat box?

 

[winstoninwisc]

do they have gear ratio #s on them ?? or mopar #

 

[purplescamper]

There is no picture to id. Is it for sure a Diplomat box?

ill try to take apic to post tommrow

 

[purplescamper]

tried to post pix of steering box but had no luck, my only other option was to see what numbers were on the box itsefl, hopefully sombody can decode these

first line first letter looks like an o or q -then 343311
second line R3
third line 1327 ( cant quite the last number ) any help would be greatly appreacated
thanks

 

[Oklacarcollecto]

Sorry, I can't do you any good with that. Maybe someone else will be able to help.

 

[mbaird]

the difference between a police gear and the regular ones were the tolerences .
The cop box feels tighter when new. Ratio is the same.
I have one that I ordered new in the 80's while I was working for a Dodge dealer and they were still available from the parts dept. 375.00 if I remember correctly.

 

[Inertia]

There may be some helpful info here.. the pitman "clocking" may differ..

THNX BigBlockDart.com.

http://www.bigblockdart.com/techpages/steeringbox.shtml