[Cautrell05]

So I managed to get a few hours in this weekend. Next on the list was the steering column. I opened up the hole in the firewall and moved the bottom of the column up a little over an inch and about 2 inches to the left. Originally I figured I would have to run 3 u-joints to clear the exhaust but I managed to make it work with just two. Couple things worked out in my favor. I had some left over steering shaft pieces that I used to extend the bottom of the column 2 1/2". That combined with moving the column to the left gave me just enough room to clear the exhaust. The other thing that worked out really nice was that the Ford ranger lower steering shaft fits over the standard double d shaft. I cut up the steering shaft that came with the van column and used the upper u-joint. That fit over the piece I used to extend the column and the cut end fits inside the lower steering shaft. If I ran different exhaust I could have had a bolt in steering shaft with no welding but I like these manifolds.