Reconditioning tilt column. Some questions, need advise???? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

bagged91 · 12-19-2004, 12:22 PM

I just picked up a truck tilt for my Sub project from a local board member. I already have the wheel off and all of the levers & the shift indicator. Does anyone have a copy of the Fact. Serv. Man. dealing with the disassembly/reassembly of the tilt? If so, would you be able to scan the page(s) and post them up on the forum...

I mainly need to know how to PROPERLY remove the wiring harness out of it so I can clean it up and repair a cut wire in the harness. Also would make it a little easier to sand/prime/paint.

Also, I have only seen the tilts in Black. Did they come painted in any other color?

What's up with the chrome hazard knob? My std. column has a red plastic button for the hazards...

Thanks,
Joe

**special-K** · 12-19-2004, 03:56 PM

They originally had red hazzard button.Gm`s replacement signal-cam has the black 2pc.button.Is yours 1pc.shaped like a door lock button?I have one like that on a van tilt.On column color,my experience has been:Chevys & GMCs match interior color.But,`72 chevys are black.

JimKshortstep4x4 · 12-19-2004, 08:42 PM

Bagged 91,

I don't have a scanner but I can fax you the pages on the steering column.
If you want the pages faxed to you, PM me a fax number and I will send the pages.

As far as I know all tilt columns were painted black. We painted my son's to match the interior on his Blazer and it looks really nice.

Jim

Longhorn Man · 12-19-2004, 10:53 PM

All tilts were black.
As for your hazzards button... sometime in the 70's the feds made GM to to a new style switch...the style that has the spring loaded button with a collar around it. Once they tooled up for that, they stopped making the old style with the red button. So replacements were of the new version once the old stock was depleted. You simply have a replacement piece.
Some one probably snagged that hazzard button off something else in the junk yard. It kinda looks like a Ford one to me...I had one off a Falcon that looked very much like that.

bagged91 · 12-19-2004, 10:53 PM

Jim, PM sent...

Anybody ever canibalize a std. column for the red hazard button and put it in a tilt???? Easy or tough?

It's one of the little things that will urk me...

Longhorn Man · 12-19-2004, 11:07 PM

the switch has a different part number for tilt and non tilt.

Brainchild · 12-20-2004, 01:31 AM

I used the switch from my non tilt in my tilt though
Not sure what the difference is,wire is plenty long,and everything works and fits just fine.I was too cheap to buy a new one.

**special-K** · 12-20-2004, 07:21 AM

My`71 was all original when I bought it from the original owner.It had a Saddle tilt.If that`s true,I guess he took it out,disassembled,and painted it.Looks perfect,still.

12-19-2004, 12:22 PM	#1
bagged91 Out draggin' Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Pitman,NJ Posts: 1,574	Reconditioning tilt column. Some questions, need advise???? I just picked up a truck tilt for my Sub project from a local board member. I already have the wheel off and all of the levers & the shift indicator. Does anyone have a copy of the Fact. Serv. Man. dealing with the disassembly/reassembly of the tilt? If so, would you be able to scan the page(s) and post them up on the forum... I mainly need to know how to PROPERLY remove the wiring harness out of it so I can clean it up and repair a cut wire in the harness. Also would make it a little easier to sand/prime/paint. Also, I have only seen the tilts in Black. Did they come painted in any other color? What's up with the chrome hazard knob? My std. column has a red plastic button for the hazards... Thanks, Joe Attached Images __________________ 91 GMC Xcab LB-Bags/bd/caddy clip SOLD 72 C10 Cheyenne Super LWB SOLD 92 GMC K1500 Burb 72 C10 Burb (ex. Cheesewagon)SOLD 72 C20 Burb parts truck 71 C10 Burb "project" Last edited by bagged91; 12-19-2004 at 07:19 PM. Reason: add pics...

12-19-2004, 03:56 PM	#2
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	They originally had red hazzard button.Gm`s replacement signal-cam has the black 2pc.button.Is yours 1pc.shaped like a door lock button?I have one like that on a van tilt.On column color,my experience has been:Chevys & GMCs match interior color.But,`72 chevys are black. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

12-19-2004, 10:53 PM	#5
bagged91 Out draggin' Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Pitman,NJ Posts: 1,574	Jim, PM sent... Anybody ever canibalize a std. column for the red hazard button and put it in a tilt???? Easy or tough? It's one of the little things that will urk me... __________________ 91 GMC Xcab LB-Bags/bd/caddy clip SOLD 72 C10 Cheyenne Super LWB SOLD 92 GMC K1500 Burb 72 C10 Burb (ex. Cheesewagon)SOLD 72 C20 Burb parts truck 71 C10 Burb "project" Last edited by bagged91; 12-19-2004 at 10:58 PM.

12-20-2004, 01:31 AM	#7
Brainchild Still drivin' a Rat Rod Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Monett Missouri Posts: 4,925	I used the switch from my non tilt in my tilt though Not sure what the difference is,wire is plenty long,and everything works and fits just fine.I was too cheap to buy a new one. __________________ Rusty Member #13872 Instead of saying.....you are a discomfort in the back of my front.....one should be able to say...... you are a pain in the a$# 71 GMC LWB 49 Chevy 85 Chevy G20 Check out my website

12-20-2004, 07:21 AM	#8
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	My`71 was all original when I bought it from the original owner.It had a Saddle tilt.If that`s true,I guess he took it out,disassembled,and painted it.Looks perfect,still. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

12-19-2004, 08:42 PM	#3
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	Bagged 91, I don't have a scanner but I can fax you the pages on the steering column. If you want the pages faxed to you, PM me a fax number and I will send the pages. As far as I know all tilt columns were painted black. We painted my son's to match the interior on his Blazer and it looks really nice. Jim

12-19-2004, 10:53 PM	#4
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	All tilts were black. As for your hazzards button... sometime in the 70's the feds made GM to to a new style switch...the style that has the spring loaded button with a collar around it. Once they tooled up for that, they stopped making the old style with the red button. So replacements were of the new version once the old stock was depleted. You simply have a replacement piece. Some one probably snagged that hazzard button off something else in the junk yard. It kinda looks like a Ford one to me...I had one off a Falcon that looked very much like that.

12-19-2004, 11:07 PM	#6
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	the switch has a different part number for tilt and non tilt.



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