Switching to Manual Steering

Thanks again, guys...
So I ran out of time yesterday. @plumkrazee70 I think you're on to something with the puller. I probably should have done that to begin with! :D

So I have the car sitting in the garage in a state that makes me sick to my stomach as I settle down to work this morning. As I feared, I am leaving a perfectly drivable car in a completely disabled state thanks to an optional modification that didn't go as planned.

The driver's side header is unbolted from the head and hanging, I pulled the starter...still no luck. It's not the pitman arm but the girth of the box itself that just can't quite fit past the head. This is a Magnum engine...not sure if the clearance is any worse than on an LA...but for whatever reason, I'm having more trouble than most folks seem to.

So...I will be unbolting the engine mounts and jacking up the motor when I get home. This of course also requires unbolting the passenger side header to access the motor mounts. :p

I am not a good mechanic but mostly on a account of a shallow tool box (building that up as I go), difficult working space, working full time and taking grad school classes...along with an internship starting this week...excuses, I know. The one lesson I keep failing to learn is that any time I think I can do a job with "minimal disassembly" or by taking any kind of a short cut, I make things 100x harder for myself and I end up taking everything apart anyway.