Van Tilt install hints anyone?

[ironhill]

I just bought a van tilt from another board member and I'm just checkin to see if there are any quick tips on installing it. I understand and read the FAQ about the neutral safety switch. Mine is a column shift is everything there the same? Thanks for any help

[Myself]

I just did one last week. I can tell you the original 3 speed on the column intermediate shaft won't work. Of course you wont have to worry about that if yours was already automatic. You might as well replace that rubber in the rag joint while its all apart. After I drilled out the plastic to collapse the shaft I heated it with a little propane torch. Then I turned it upside down and hammered the two sections apart using an old piece of rebar placed inside the lower tube. Once it's apart hit the other section with a sander and it will slide in and out smoothly. Put the column in place as close to the dash as you want it, then mark the position the neutral switch will go. That way you know it will fit without hitting on anything. I found it easiest to cut the inner tubing for your neutral switch with a drillbit. I just drilled 2 1/4" holes where the outer edges of the switch tang will go, then kind of angled the drill sideways to eat the middle part away. Took about 1 minute total. Everything else fit up just fine.

[ironhill]

Sounds good thanks so much for the help