How hard is it to remove the steering box on a slant 6 1963 Dart? Does the exhaust pipe need to be removed/cut away? I am heading to the scrap yard to remove a power box from a '65 Valiant and would like to be prepared for what the job takes.

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Restoring Wife's Great Grandparent's 1963 Dart.
Built August 30, 1962 in St Louis
First month of production
Serial Number 599
Still is a basket case.

dropped right out on my V8 '64 Dart, but I never tried it on my /6. On the slant it should come out the top without drama. Make sure to grab the column, it's shorter.

Junkyard Procedure, should be...

loosen steering column from dash, loosen column plate from the firewall, pull the steering coupler (this year they used a sleeve with a bolt rather than a roll pin, I think).. pull the steering column...

Next, get under car, pull the pitman arm bolt from the steering linkage (use PB blaster... and a good breaker bar)... once loose, use pickle fork to separate arm from link..., pull the three bolts that hold the box to the K-member...

Go pay the yard $50 for the part, then go home and have a beer...

-D.Idiot

Thanks for the info. That was kinda what I was looking for. On my Dart, the exhaust pipe runs real close to the top of the steering box, making it hard to get to all the bolts. Also, I am guessing that after I grab the steering column, I can swap out the center shaft with mine and keep my old column. The scrap yard column has a column-shift auto and mine is push button, not exactly compatible. I can't think of why I could not swap the shafts.

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Restoring Wife's Great Grandparent's 1963 Dart.
Built August 30, 1962 in St Louis
First month of production
Serial Number 599
Still is a basket case.