Technical Any tips for removing a F1 box In Situ

OK gang, I found a donor F1 for my 32 frame-based project. would anyone care to offer tips for removing the steering box in the field? Pitfalls, anything tricky in the removal process? Truck is pretty crusty, I-6 is installed.
I will of course have jack, jack stands, battery powered impact, cutoff wheels and sawzall. Puller for the steering arm and wrenches. Hell, I might take my cutting torch but I dont want to scare the guy.
Thanks in advance.
The whole sorry episode will be posted on my PDQ 32 thread

 

I would try to get the whole truck. There is a lot there. Shock mounts, drums, spindles, ….other stuff you have not thought about.
Just get the whole thing if you can.

 

Sawzall of the drag link, either sawzall the column drop or stick a step drill bit on the bolt heads and drill them off.

breaker bar with a socket for rusty or rounded off bolts in your pocket for backup. Dead blow hammer and a can of kroil and I bet you could get it out pretty fast.

if the truck is on the ground with a wheel and tire you might thing about a floor jack and 4 way wrench. The effort dragging it out would be more than worth the added room and reduced time of getting the bolts off the frame.

I don’t recall exactly how the box bolts to the rail, might even just take a grinder to the end and pop them off.

you havnt got to make a mess of everything for anyone coming for parts after you but there’s not going to be any tears shed if you cut a garbage bolt in half. To any further dis***embly with it sitting in your work bench in the comfort of your shop.

 

The hardest part will be pulling the pitman arm off the sector shaft. Maybe removing the floor board tin will be a pain too.

 

To that point a steering wheel puller might make it easier

 

Look out for snakes!

 

Wrench big enough for the nut on the steering box. 5/16 socket to get all the little screws out that holds the tin around the steering column

 

drag the whole thing home and save some parts for you or others projects,. .lets see a pic of the truck please.

 

Oohh grab the bendix brakes and the pedal box and pedals. Brakes will bee good for a core if nothing else. 15” wheels . Probably a lot of stuff.