What kind of tilt column have I bought on ebay - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

52napco · 10-25-2017, 08:38 PM

OK so I bought a "restored" tilt on ebay from a seller in Tennessee. Says it's a truck column
But I'm starting to have my doubts. The shift indicator isn't like my other trucks. The indicator pulls out when it moves up and down and there's no light bulb for the indicator.
It did bolt in so the shaft is the correct length but the turn signal switch has the flat connector with an adapter which would not work so I had to rewire the plug.here's a
Link to the ad and a few pics and the neutral safety switch is a little diiferent.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/67-68-69-70...72.m2749.l2649

hugger6933 · 10-25-2017, 08:57 PM

Being the correct length I'd say it is a motor home column. I have a 2 or 3 of them, I think I have tilts for all of my project trucks and that number I think is seven. I think the motorhome ones are close as you can get without getting a "real" tilt

**FirstOwner69** · 10-25-2017, 10:45 PM

I think picture in the link below is the one you bought. If so, it looks like an original truck tilt with an incorrect gear indicator (appears to be from a van), tilt lever and turn signal lever. It also appears to have a replacement turn signal switch with a half moon adapter. I think the seller disclosed most of those discrepancies in the listing.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GGEAA...Sx/s-l1600.jpg

**MikeB** · 10-25-2017, 10:55 PM

Screwed by an eBay vendor! Imagine that. You should get your money back and the seller should pay for return shipping. If he balks, then contact eBay. They almost always side with the buyer.

A few years ago I bought a rebuilt 79-83 column from GMtilt.com for around $360 shipped. It was perfect. But I don't think he does 67-72 columns.

I would have gone with Ididit had I not heard such good things about GMtilt.

franken · 10-25-2017, 11:34 PM

I think the truck/van difference is stickout of the shaft from the column. Then again, I don't have a truck column now so I'm FoS. Truck columns begin right at the end of the column if I recall.

flashed · 10-26-2017, 07:04 AM

I have a GM Truck tilt I bought of the parts board that I have decided not to use if interested , I never even opened the package when it came .

**MikeB** · 10-26-2017, 10:24 AM

What year range? And is it column shift?

10-25-2017, 08:38 PM	#1
52napco Registered User Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: upstate sc Posts: 2,095	What kind of tilt column have I bought on ebay OK so I bought a "restored" tilt on ebay from a seller in Tennessee. Says it's a truck column But I'm starting to have my doubts. The shift indicator isn't like my other trucks. The indicator pulls out when it moves up and down and there's no light bulb for the indicator. It did bolt in so the shaft is the correct length but the turn signal switch has the flat connector with an adapter which would not work so I had to rewire the plug.here's a Link to the ad and a few pics and the neutral safety switch is a little diiferent. https://www.ebay.com/itm/67-68-69-70...72.m2749.l2649 Attached Images

10-25-2017, 08:57 PM	#2
hugger6933 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Marianna Arkansas Posts: 7,281	Re: What kind of tilt column have I bought on ebay Being the correct length I'd say it is a motor home column. I have a 2 or 3 of them, I think I have tilts for all of my project trucks and that number I think is seven. I think the motorhome ones are close as you can get without getting a "real" tilt

10-25-2017, 10:45 PM	#3
FirstOwner69 Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wisconsin & Arizona Posts: 4,854	Re: What kind of tilt column have I bought on ebay I think picture in the link below is the one you bought. If so, it looks like an original truck tilt with an incorrect gear indicator (appears to be from a van), tilt lever and turn signal lever. It also appears to have a replacement turn signal switch with a half moon adapter. I think the seller disclosed most of those discrepancies in the listing. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GGEAA...Sx/s-l1600.jpg

10-25-2017, 10:55 PM	#4
MikeB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: North Texas Posts: 3,671	Re: What kind of tilt column have I bought on ebay Screwed by an eBay vendor! Imagine that. You should get your money back and the seller should pay for return shipping. If he balks, then contact eBay. They almost always side with the buyer. A few years ago I bought a rebuilt 79-83 column from GMtilt.com for around $360 shipped. It was perfect. But I don't think he does 67-72 columns. I would have gone with Ididit had I not heard such good things about GMtilt. __________________ Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 36 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, recent AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- converted from 250-six to roller cam 350, Vortec heads -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB, 305, TH350C -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 24 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then!

10-25-2017, 11:34 PM	#5
franken Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Somewhere Posts: 3,162	Re: What kind of tilt column have I bought on ebay I think the truck/van difference is stickout of the shaft from the column. Then again, I don't have a truck column now so I'm FoS. Truck columns begin right at the end of the column if I recall. Last edited by franken; 10-25-2017 at 11:54 PM.

10-26-2017, 07:04 AM	#6
flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,724	Re: What kind of tilt column have I bought on ebay I have a GM Truck tilt I bought of the parts board that I have decided not to use if interested , I never even opened the package when it came .

10-26-2017, 10:24 AM	#7
MikeB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: North Texas Posts: 3,671	Re: What kind of tilt column have I bought on ebay What year range? And is it column shift? __________________ Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 36 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, recent AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- converted from 250-six to roller cam 350, Vortec heads -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB, 305, TH350C -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 24 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then!



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