Guess what I found on my doorstop when I finally made it home from the Mother Earth News Fair?
S10 Manual Steering!
It doesn't look like much, but this MANUAL steering gear box should allow me to steer the truck WITHOUT needing power from an engine to run the power steering gear.
It's supposed to be a "bolt-on" replacement. The idea is that both the power steering box and the manual gear box are identical as far as where their ins and outs are, and how they attach to the frame.
I'm real busy with work the rest of the week, so I won't be able to play with the steering for at least a few days, but I look forward to working steering!
PS: What do you guys think of me doing a Kickstarter or Indegogo social fund-raiser to get money for this project? I really WOULD like to make this a big project that gets lots of press, makes it out to all the blogs, and hopefully inspire a few other people to do it too. Having some money for real batteries sure would help a lot!