hey everybody, just joined the site, just got a ford f100 4x4 and i love it.
but the truck is titled as a 1977 all my mechanicly inclined friends and truck guy buddys agree that its a 1974, so my question to any body who cares to reply is, does a 74 and 77 stearing gearbox interchange, cause this thing walks all over the road and needs to be replaced. and is 76 the last year of the f100's in which case it would have to be older than that

 

F100's were made through the late 80's. I had an 87 F100. Wha tmakes you think its a 74 over a 77?

 

it has drum brakes all the way around and i was told 76 or newer had discs in the front. also they said 77 had square headlights and mine are round .. so unsure about that too

 

im trying to reply to u but i dont think i did it rite the first time but look under that thread and i explained ur question

 

You may not need to replace the steering gearbox,they are adjustable. Haynes and Chiltons manuals have a section on removing slack from the gearbox.

 

77 did have round head lights. They started switching over in 78 to the square. The base model bronco and F-series still had round headlights in 78 but moved the blinkers below the headlights in 78. They changed a lot of stuff in 77. The engine series changed half way through 77 from the FE series to the modified series. A way to tell is to check the door jam and see the manufacture date and compare it to the date on the engine tag. If its still there.

 

yeah theres an adjustment bolt on the top of it. its bin adjusted all the way in both directions but it still didnt help, thanks for the advice though. ill check into that haynes and chilton manual.

 

thanks thats what i thought about the headlights to cause i thought they changed the whole grill in 78 and i know it had square headlights. and that was exactly what i needed to know about replying messages. so do u think the 77 and 74 gearbox is interchangable ? , ive got one for a 77 on the way but i wont know for sure till it gets here. thanks for all the help

 

According to www.rockauto.com they are the same. I checked each truck and the part #'s were the same.

 

well thats great news, thanks for letting me know. its funny ive bin a chevy guy all my life and this is my first ford, it done nothing but cost me money since i got it and i still love it
kinda like a woman...lol