Late model steering colum in an A-body

[ponjohn]

Anybody do this or seen it done on a 68-72 GM A-body?

This would great to take advantage of all the factory controls on the hweel and stalk.

John

[derekf]

It's next on my list, not that that helps you any. I've got the column from a late-model F-body (along with the complete harness) that I'll be putting in my Elky.

[EFI69Cam]

Anybody do this or seen it done on a 68-72 GM A-body?

This would great to take advantage of all the factory controls on the hweel and stalk.

John

The top part with the protrutions for the controls will fit on a older column FYI.

[ponjohn]

It's next on my list, not that that helps you any. I've got the column from a late-model F-body (along with the complete harness) that I'll be putting in my Elky.

What year elky?

[ponjohn]

The top part with the protrutions for the controls will fit on a older column FYI.

No kidding....that might be the way to go.

John

[CamaroAJ]

the 4th gen F-bodys didn't have the wireing from the brake lamp switch that went through the steering column like the older cars did. this is how i wired up my camaro for it to work right so you should be able to adapt it to work on your car.
https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=34245

[ProTouring442]

You should be able to swap the colomn from the pivot pins out with no difficulty.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

[ponjohn]

I would like to use a llate model dash. However, from a few threads I read the F-body dash is 3" narrower than the space in the a-body and presents some chalenges filling the space.

I do want to use the entire gauge cluster etc. I will need a BCM that has 4 power window inputs for the A-body, this had lead to look for an escalade dash harness and BCM.

CamaroAJ- did you use power windows in your conversion?

John

[CamaroAJ]

I do want to use the entire gauge cluster etc. I will need a BCM that has 4 power window inputs for the A-body, this had lead to look for an escalade dash harness and BCM.

CamaroAJ- did you use power windows in your conversion?

John

i am going to be yes, the F-body harness is designed to work with and with out power windows (its a seprate harness than the dash but plugs in to it in two places) the BCM has nothing to do with the windows on it. your going to ask how i am going to tie the back windows in right? i'm not using the stock F-body switches going with an after market deal with 4 switchs and then going to tie them into the factory harness.

[ponjohn]

i am going to be yes, the F-body harness is designed to work with and with out power windows (its a seprate harness than the dash but plugs in to it in two places) the BCM has nothing to do with the windows on it. your going to ask how i am going to tie the back windows in right? i'm not using the stock F-body switches going with an after market deal with 4 switchs and then going to tie them into the factory harness.

OK, makes sense, I also wanted to try the express down feature, that is why I thought it had to go through the BCM?

Is the expressodwn feature in yet another box?

I have a 2000 F-body schematic (from alldatadiy). I have to print out the sections I need and have not gotten to that.

John

[CamaroAJ]

express down is only on the driver window.

[CamaroAJ]

well i guess you could buy 3 more modules and add them in the wireing and they all could be.

[ponjohn]

That's helpful, thanks.

I thought the window control went through the bcm regardless of vehicle.

John

[CamaroAJ]

That's helpful, thanks.

I thought the window control went through the bcm regardless of vehicle.

John

nope alot of them don't. vetts, silverados and camaros are three i can thing of off the top of my head that don't. vetts and silverados both use a door module to control there windows.