If you can tell me where I can find a part number on the gear box I will look and snap a pic too. Thanks for the reply and help as usual and if you have any other info please send it my way. I really need to upgrade my account and load some pics so everyone can see what I'm talking about. Hence my dilemma and me stumbling upon this old thread. I was thinking of using a company by the name of redhead steering (I think they only work on Chevy though). I'm hoping by putting in a refurbished one with all new guys it will fix my ultra sensitive steering issue. I want to have another gear box ready for install before I take the one I have in now out. I have an extremely amount of give to the left and right just to keep the truck straight on the road. The reason I am trying to find a part number is so I can buy another gear box and have it refurbished with all new guts (also trying to figure out the ratio), this is because the current FOMOCO box I have in the truck is not tight at all. Unfortunately the only number I can see on the box is the C6AR. So I got a 67 automatic column from Thom over at flashback and a FOMOCO p/s gear box as well. As original as I wanted to keep everything 3 on the tree in Miami is a pain in the butt. So, I originally bought a 66 - 3 on the tree, but wanted to make it automatic. The bottom line is: You can use a Ford/Saginaw box thru 1979 F100/150 2WD's.Ĭ6AR-3580-A2 is not a casting number, it's an ID engineering number.īy chance would you have a part number the actual gear box? The Passenger Car Ford/Saginaw gearbox will not work in a truck, as the housing is different.ītw: 1966/68 F100/250 2WD / 1969 F100/250 2WD before serial number D96,001 used Bendix P/S. This C5AZ-3580-D cover was also used on 1965/70: Galaxie/LTD, full sized Mercury's & Thunderchickens. ![]() So, unless someone installed this cover on a 1971 or later Ford/Saginaw P/S gearbox, it has to be from a 1969 F100/250 2WD & F350 from serial number D96,001 or a 1970 F100/250 2WD & F350. Ford/Saginaw integral P/S Sector Shaft Cover. This is the only part of the gearbox this number represents.īut, it's all that's required to ID the puppy. It's not the ID number for the gearbox, because you found this number on the sector shaft cover. ![]() No kidding! Thank your lucky stars it's not the original gearbox!C6AR-3580-A2 is not a casting number, it's an ID engineering number. I hope NumberDummy can see this and tell me the casting # of C6AR-3580-A2. I do NOT have the box off yet, I will next week. ![]() I want to get another power steering gearbox, but other than Redhead, very few choices. You will first need the steering box info (build info) off the tag attached to the box (hopefully) to see what you have and where to start.I got a front end from a '77 F100, all fine. There may be an answer all ready but most will go to a later box design or rack changeover. ![]() The later Ford units used a separate steering shaft and rag joint-type coupler set-up from 1967 on, similar to the GMs. So, when a reproduction was being planned, it was decided to use the larger diameter shaft from the 1964 model. The same type of unit was used in the earlier Fords of the 1950s and early '60s with non-collapsible steering columns. Model 3079582 - Ford Thunderbird Idler Arm, Power Steering, 1961-63 - From 1961 to 1963, Thunderbirds had a small diameter shaft on the frame bracket. Units on some models from 1964-'67 still incorporated the long steering shaft that went up inside the steering column. These gearboxes were available in 16.0:1 or 20.0:1 ratios, and in either a 1-inch or a 1-1/8-inch steering shaft diameter. Ford's power steering consisted of the manual gearbox with a control valve attached to the end of the center link and a power cylinder, similar to a hydraulic shock absorber or ram unit. Fords present a unique problem, because both Ford's own manual and power steering gearboxes were the same gearbox until the mid-to-late 1960s.
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