Evening, Just joined the site and need to know if anyone knows if a 90 lincoln town car steer box is the same as the one on my 92 F-150 4x4. friend of mine has four cars he has for demo derby spares not gutted yet.would save me some $$$ if it does.Thanks!

 

Dont waste your time buy a new one, I made the mistake of useing a used one and about a month later i was turning a corner and lost all steering functions cuz the box stripped out inside protect your assests and by a new one, just my opinion though, not to sure about being that same sorry

 

Thanks for the info. just trying to get it out of my garage till after christmas .then I will be able to get the cash to buy a new one .you know cash is tight now!!

 

This would convince me to abort this particular donor project, but you can probably get one from an F-150 in a boneyard for $15-$20 bucks. They're pretty much a "life of the vehicle" kinda part. Was your front end under unusual duress?

 

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No it was just a bad gear box that i got out of a truck that was sitting but everyone knows ford great gear boxes wear like nothing else, so thats why i said your better off getting a new one but yea i know what you mean moneys tight on my end too

 

Ford gearboxes are renowned for taking a dump.....they do it less than any other auto manufacturer but still.......just buy a new gearbox and be done with it...no sense in spending half the money the first time then end up doing twice the work. Like when the seal goes out.....might as well buy a new steeringbox.

 

Im not sure if you contradicted yourself on purpose or your trying to make fun of something i said but im yea im pretty sure everyone knows fords gear boxes along with a few other things wear pretty fast, almost all gen 8's have play in the steering and need new gear boxes

 

Actually I was merely agreeing with what you had said.

 

oh well you said they do it less than any other company, sorry i just took it the wrong way