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Steering Columns Q. Dear Sir: I am in the process of replacing the steering column on my 1967 Chevy 1/2-ton truck. I am exchanging the column for a tilt unit from an early van (year unknown) but it does not have the ignition on the column, same as the truck. Every thing seams to fit correct except the connectors from the two columns do not match.

The connector on the truck is a curved half circle type with 8 wires entering the back; the column I am installing is a flat wafer type with 8 wires entering from the side. The wires on each unit do not carry the same color codes so I'm unable to change wires to a connector with matching ends until I'm able to obtain a wiring diagram for each unit.

I would appreciate any information you might be able to send me, or if you could direct me to someone who could.

Thank you kindly,
Leighton

A. I don't think I can help you with this. I don't have a wiring diagram for a 1967 Chevy truck and if I did, it wouldn't be much help without knowing what the replacement column came out of. You can get a wiring diagram from the local public library. Once you know what wire on the truck goes where, you should be able to deduce what connections should be made.

This would take a bit of trial and error to determine what wire is for what on the new column. What I would do is take an ohmmeter and go one wire at a time on the column side, working signals and whatever until you see what deflects the meter. Then you can connect that wire to the corresponding wire on the truck side.

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