-=> Quoting Roy J. Tellason to Landon Robinson <=-
 
 RJT> I ran into that problem with _my_ '77 Ford truck...
 RJT> The little metal bit that the shift collar moves busted loose.
 I took mine apart after it wouldn't shift and that little metal tab hit
 the floor and I knew I was in for it.  
 RJT> from a dealer showed me that Ford had improved on the design a bit, 
 RJT> making it thicker in the area of greatest stress.  That one is still
 
 The one I bought (used, from a private shop) was considerably made of
 thicker metal which promptly made me think of your message here.  
 LR> I'm going to try to get that little peice welded back on so 
 RJT> Probably not worth the hassle.  Get a new shift collar from a dealer
 RJT> and when you replace the column parts there won't be any more stress
 RJT> on that. 
 
 The last time I went to the dealer for something they told me that Ford
 no longer makes it.  I was trying to find a light socket for the front
 parking lights. I'm probably just going to run a jumper wire though it
 like I did on the other side to complete the ground.
 RJT> '78,  and found that there was no provision for the neutral 
 RJT> safety switch. Something to look out for,  I guess... 
 
 LR> I don't know where mine is, I havn't really looked. 
 RJT> It's easy enough to see if it's on the column.
 
 I found mine. It took a little bit of tweaking to get it to work right with
 a different shifter shaft it the original column.
 As you may have guessed I have my truck working now.  If shifts even better
 that before I think that part may have been cracked for quite some time.
 I have another question for you.  All the roads are "crowned" here (it
 rains alot) my truck has a twin i-beam front suspension and when I am on a
 "crowned" road I have to turn the steering wheel to the left to make it
 steer straight. On a flat road it steers fine.  Is this normal of is the
 front end wearing out?  It's the same truck the '77 Ford F-250 2wd.
 Ttyl,
 Landon
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