Disconnect the steering column from the Power Steering box in the engine compartment (there is a seal and it will not pull out easy). Remove the cover from underneath the steering column inside the car. Disconnect all wire connectors. There is a bracket underneath the column - remove the four bolts from it. There is s boot seal where the column goes through the firewall - it may also contains a bolt that wiil need to be removed. If it has a column shifter, you will need to disconnect this as well. Make sure when you slide the new steering column into the power steering box that the tires are straight and so is the steering wheel. If you forget, the steering wheel will not be straight while driving.
when do you know when you have a bad steering column
On top of lower portion of steering column.
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under the dash around the steering column area.
Most likely next to steering column. near dash board
Any steering column from a 1978-83 Chevy Malibu, 1978-87 El Camino, 1978-88 Monte Carlo could work, depending if it's a column or floor shift
Both. The Monte Carlo SS had a floor shifter (what I own), but the regular monte's had column shift
Remove the dress plate under the steering column. There is a clip there for the shift indicator, if you shift on the column. There are two nuts on studs, one on each side of the column, remove these nuts, and the steering column will drop down. The switch is on top of the column just lower then the fastening bracket. Unplug the wiring, remove the screws that retain the switch, install new one and adjust. Put everything back together.
apparently the dimmer switch is bad in the steering column.
Top of the steering column, it pushes down and pops back up on the 2nd try.
You will have to replace the switch that is under the top cover on the steering column, the steering wheel has to come off to get the cover off.
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