For Halloween this year I dressed up as a mechanic and partied in the yard and garage!

I pulled a steering box out of an '80 2wd Astro van for the flipped pitman arm location. Exact same box as the S-10 just different output shaft. I really like how the Cherokee 44 drag link and the stock Astro pitman arm line up. The drag link is bent though.






I also pulled a steering shaft from an XJ Cherokee because of its slim u-joints versus the S-10 rag joint and bulky CV joint looking thing. I had to hammer it apart and cut off the friction pads and then sand off the paint from the inner shaft before I could collapse it enough to fit.


I also pulled a Hydroboost unit out of a '94 AWD Astro van to add a bit more room to the bay as well as increase braking abilities. I'm going to have to study which proportioning valves will work best for an app like this. The Hydro bolts up to the same spot but I need to fab up an inner mounting plate.


While all that was being trial fit, my apprentice tore in to the dash and removed the column.


It was a great Halloween party!!!