Thank you for the quick reply. The steering box appears to have play 'as designed'. There is a small dowel above the rag joint where you can turn the steering wheel -- and until the sleeve hits that dowel the wheels don't turn.

Hi folks,This is my first post. I have a '65 F100 352, 3 speed manual, I bought back in the '80s. I've only used it for hauling construction materials etc... when I built my house but now that I'm older, I'm looking at it through different eyes and want to start restoring it (at least a...