46 ford steering gear box/in a model a

has anyone used a 46 box in their model a ,was thinking of mounting it so the arm comes out under the rail...

 

I used a 52-54 Merc/Ford box and wheel. Dang it fit nice.

 

I'll be putting a 49 f1 box in mine this week. I'll let ya know how it goes.

 

The pitman arm will face up, but it should work. I actually reversed one before I found an F-1 box that I'll use instead.

Tim D.

 

I'll back that up, mine works fantastic.

 

Not to hi-jack-just a question related to this...

How many steering joints did you have to use to get the fat fendered box & side steer to work correctly?

I fabbed mine up with two & I'm not too happy about it.

Thanks.

 

Zero, I used the stock column and shaft.

 

Any chance of getting a picture?

I'm not visualizing how the side steer would clear the pan with the box being at somewhat the same location as the Model A stock location. I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

 

Not the best picture but you get the idea.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92927

 

anyone have a pic of the steering gear box mounted under tha model a frame?

 

anyone done this, that has any pics

 

Ok here's a link to Kevin's thread when I asked the same question, hopefully this clears it up. I did mine very similiar.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88337

 

thanks for the link..very helpful

 

+1 for Kevin's tech post. I referred to it quite a bit when I did mine on my '34. I built a bolt on bracket to mount the box that puts the pitman shaft above the framerail because of ground clearance, but it could easily be done to exit underneath if you have the room.