72demon440
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This car used to have fenderwell headers when I bought it. All hacked up!
I have been looking at pics of 72 A body steering parts to make sure mine were correct.
I was thinking of that. I should just replace the pitman and the idler arm and see what happens. I can always send them back if they are the same. Not sure what year the manual steering box is from and it had the pitman arm on it. Probably from a different year range.Seriously, get a V8 pitman arm and compare it, in person. You may have the correct 72 era pitman arm, but I've seen cases where the Slant 6 car's, which have a different pitman arm, can cause issues.
Crap, I mispoke, the idler is the one I'm talking off, the one that attaches to the K frame. I get the names backwards from time to time. Sorry about that.I was thinking of that. I should just replace the pitman and the idler arm and see what happens. I can always send them back if they are the same. Not sure what year the manual steering box is from and it had the pitman arm on it. Probably from a different year range.
This car used to have fenderwell headers when I bought it. All hacked up!
My '72 was all hacked up when I got it too. I patched the fenderwell holes at the top bend to add strength but I didn't try to restore the inner fenders. I just did what I needed to do to make it work. Your fuel system looks good and i bet it works good to!
I cut out the old crap and welded in new inner fenders and had a shop paint the engine bay. Sucked, but worth it! Before and after! Mine were too far gone and cobbled to patch!
Thanks Jim, I will look into it!Every one that I have built needs more massaging at the pan in that location UNLESS you change out the steering (gear, pitman, center link, and idler) to '73-76 parts. My Barracuda (440/727 on a home built DC k-member) has a B-body baffled pan with late steering. Clearance is abundant. BUT, since that's what you have, massage the pan...
Also, for those chiming about getting a V8 center link. Forget it, there is no slant six center link on the wide A-bodies. There are only two and the difference is the orientation of the link end of the idler and pitman and the link is flatter.
Thanks Jim, I will look into it!