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snipescastle2 · 03-30-2016, 08:14 AM

Well, I'm pretty sure the column needs to come out in order to do this correctly, because I doubt you can fish that gasket over the tube/shifter linkage and fish it through the hole in the firewall and still be able to get it fitted in the sheet metal opening correctly.it's a "grommet" of sorts to keep water and fumes out of the cab.
HTH,
Ben

03-30-2016, 08:14 AM	#2
snipescastle2 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: WARRENSBURG,MISSOURI,64093 Posts: 1,518	Re: 1971 Steering Column Question.... Well, I'm pretty sure the column needs to come out in order to do this correctly, because I doubt you can fish that gasket over the tube/shifter linkage and fish it through the hole in the firewall and still be able to get it fitted in the sheet metal opening correctly.it's a "grommet" of sorts to keep water and fumes out of the cab. HTH, Ben __________________ "Persistence is the twin sister of Excellence.one is a matter of quality,the other, a matter of time" “Serious Black” my 1971 Short Bed Fleetside Sold to an outstanding man in Lees Summit,Mo. “Gone, but by no means,Forgotten”