Posted by Jeep43 (IP: 12.3.6.2) on November 11, 1999 at 10:20:57:
I have a good cond '73 maverick with a 250. The only problem is it has manual
drums and manual steering. I bought another maverick a '77 4 door for $100 to use as
parts. I plan on swapping over the power steering, power disk brakes and electronic
ignition.
Has anybody done this before? As far as the steering goes I am sure I need to
change the gearbox, and some steering linkages to accomodate the slave cyl and of
course the ps pump and related brackets but will I need to change anything else? Maybe
the steering column, spindles idler arm?
As for the power disk brakes, do I need to change over the spindles or can
I simply replace the drum backing plates with the caliper mounts and then remount the
rotors and swap the booster, master cyl. etc. etc without removing any ball joints?
The electronic ignition seems like a fairly simple swap and shouldn't be too
much trouble. Any help would be greatly appreciated.