Steering box questions.
 

I have an 81' c10 that has power steering and non boosted breaks. I'm thinking about swapping the steering box to a manual gear box and deleting power steering because I like the simplicity. The manual gearbox is hard to find around here and I was wondering if anyone could tell me if they are a direct swap onto the later model trucks? Thanks.

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I have never heard of someone wanting to convert to manual steering. Are you sure? I'm sure you are, but I just drove my sons beater 80's ranger with no power steering and I almost crashed the damn thing.

I'm positive you would be able to find someone to swap with you if it was compatible.

My two cents

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Trust me I'm sure. I've had a few manual steering trucks and cars. Even a 40 foot greyhound from the 50's. The main reason why though is I put a 66' inline six 250 in the truck and have an extremely rigged bracket for the pump that's just begging to fail and I figure a good steering box is better than trying to make another bracket, probably easier to find too. Not to many 60's trucks with power steering.

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That totally makes sense now, never mind me butting in... Didn't realize the motor swap.

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No problem, not many people would guess that swap. Most people stick to the v8's.

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My 81 3/4 ton 2wd and my 77 1/2 ton 2wd are both manual steering. The 77 has manual brakes and the 87 has power, could not delete the power assist on the heavier brake system.
Both 250's and 3 sped manual trans and pretty much no other options.

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Thanks, do you know if the steering boxes are the same for both of those years? I just want to make sure they didn't change them up somewhere along the line.

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Manual steering box-rebuilt #76-930 (73-86) 2WD Classic Parts.

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You can use a manual box off a 68-87 C/10-30 it will bolt right on

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Thanks for the help. I'll have to track one down now.

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Shoot, I just happen to be switching to power steering this weekend and in fact I'm driving my truck up to Virginia here soon, so let me know if you can find a manual steering box.