hey guys. im looking for a steering column for a 87 firebird. automatic. im pretty sure anything from 82 to 89 will work (NO VATS). let me know what you have, used. not looking to spend A LOT on it, just need a basic column, would like to keep tilt, but not important to me. have parts or cash or both. let me know. thanks!~
-chris

 

i have just what you need...its out of my 89 formula that im parting out...it has tilt and 2 keys...$50 plus shipping

 

that looks nice. no vats in that right? havent seen that wheel much in fbody's, but i suppose its possible. how much would shipping be to 28079? thanks!
-chris
What other poarts are on that car?

 

the vats im not sure about...i know the keys have the little chip on them...i would take $85 shipped if you are interested

 

yea thats the vats ignition, supposed to be a security function but looses its value when it malfunctions. might work in my car though. 85 shipped might work, ive got part of that now, take me at least a few days to get the rest. in the meantime ill check and see if i can sue it being thats its out of a vats car. thanks.

 

no problem...let me know if you need anything else off the car...

 

89-92 were all VATS.

I have one with tilt,cruise from a 88 Formula with the key.

 

I have a complete column from an 86 no vats,wiper and delay 65.00 shipped let me know thanks,Dave

 

*PM's* sent! thanks guys! looking to get one ASAP. dont need VATS, so vats means nothing to me at this point...needs to be out of an AUTOMATIC car :-)

 

**** PLEASE CLOSE THIS THREAD, PARTS LOCATED AND INSTALLED. THANKS! :-) *****

 

Dokken, Camfire,

Do either of you still have a column available? If so, are they from manual transmission cars? I'm looking for one since a few parts are broken in my 87.

 

Mine are from A/T cars. I believe the only difference is the ignition switch has a button on it on M/T and the neutral safety switch from the shifter on A/T.

 

I just looked at the 91 Firebird columns I have for my car and the ignition switch on the M/T has the release button and the A/T column does not have the button. The M/T has no cable to the shifter and the A/T has a cable.

 

Hmm. Since there are only a few components that I need, I could probably pirate them from an auto trans column. That would take care of the turn signal/high beams parts that I need. The only thing left is the lower plastic shroud (below where the 'tilt joint' is). That part is unique for auto vs manual columns, since there is a difference where the release button lever sticks out. It might be feasible to simply add a cutout for the lever on the plastic from an auto column.

Thanks for the reply. I'll have to decide if it is worth the effort to add a cutout to the plastic shroud, or if it is worth it to repair all of the column except the shroud. I'll let you know if I decide to give it a shot with an automatic column.

 

Steering column found, please close this thread :-)