What year Tilt Column is this? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

72c5 · 05-16-2004, 10:48 AM

I need a pointer for this column, but I'm not sure what year or ap it is from......maybe a van?

Thanks,

Gordon

dmec · 05-16-2004, 10:51 AM

the pointer is the same for a van and trucks. can be had from venders. used hard to find.

Longhorn Man · 05-16-2004, 10:52 AM

looks like a van to me, at least the tilt lever is from a van.
Looks like a later van unit to me, like 77-ish to 80. The pointer you are looking for is the exact same as a real truck tilt would use. The vendors pretty much all have them.
They break very easily (both originals and aftermarket replacements) and it's not a bad idea to have a spare if it really bugs you.

68C15 · 05-16-2004, 11:38 AM

I agree with Longhornman, it looks like a late 70's van column. they were also used on class 'C' motor home all the way up to about '91. was made by Saginaw.

72c5 · 05-16-2004, 01:14 PM

Well I bought a 67-72 pointer, but that did not fit.......guess Ill try an '80 tilt pointer.......

Longhorn Man · 05-16-2004, 02:50 PM

in order to install that pointer, you have to remove the PRND21 indicator and hook the pointer in there.

Longhorn Man · 05-16-2004, 07:36 PM

Does your pointer look like this? If it is somewhat simalar, but in black, then you have the later model one..the 81 to when ever model van pointer.

72c5 · 05-16-2004, 10:03 PM

Longhorn, thanks! The one you are holding is the one I sent back to LMC. The one you have looks just like the 69-72 one I ordered, but it does not fit, at least I did not think it fit.........I did not know you have to remove the PRNDL window to install pointer.

I guess black is what I have to tell them.

Mountain Man · 05-16-2004, 10:24 PM

Hey longhorn, is that pointer that you are holding, for a 67 -72 tilt. If so I guess mine is original factory tilt. My pointer is broken as well.

Solver · 05-16-2004, 10:27 PM

You may have had the right one!
The tilt pointer alot of times breaks off down inside the housing and thats why new one won't go in all the way. It's a bear to get that broke off piece out.
take a flashlight and look down in the holder. if you see white then part of it is still there holding you up.
I have had three columns that didn't fit with pointer and that was the problem

dmec · 05-16-2004, 10:38 PM

i have a black 1 and a white 1. the only difference i see is a small dimple on the bottom of the black 1.

Longhorn Man · 05-16-2004, 11:50 PM

Neither one of those two look right to me. Looking at the one I have here (which i took out of one of my columns) the part that actually goes up to the PRND21 window is less of an angle than those.
Mountian Man...what I am trying to say with the pointer is that the van one, the truck one, and the one in some RV's are the exact same part number.

05-16-2004, 10:48 AM	#1
72c5 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Boston Posts: 311	What year Tilt Column is this? I need a pointer for this column, but I'm not sure what year or ap it is from......maybe a van? Thanks, Gordon Attached Images

05-16-2004, 11:38 AM	#4
68C15 blood type; Retumbo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: next to my reloading bench Posts: 10,269	I agree with Longhornman, it looks like a late 70's van column. they were also used on class 'C' motor home all the way up to about '91. was made by Saginaw. __________________ Man rule #77...if you own a 67 stepside with a caddy 472 you will never be in danger of loosing you man card

05-16-2004, 07:36 PM	#7
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Does your pointer look like this? If it is somewhat simalar, but in black, then you have the later model one..the 81 to when ever model van pointer. Attached Images

05-16-2004, 10:24 PM	#9
Mountain Man Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 451	Hey longhorn, is that pointer that you are holding, for a 67 -72 tilt. If so I guess mine is original factory tilt. My pointer is broken as well. __________________ 72 C10 Cheyenne Super Full trim Factory tach dash A/C dash Factory tilt 350 / 350 power train - with Edelbrock components.

05-16-2004, 10:27 PM	#10
Solver Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Storm Lake, Ia Posts: 1,449	You may have had the right one! The tilt pointer alot of times breaks off down inside the housing and thats why new one won't go in all the way. It's a bear to get that broke off piece out. take a flashlight and look down in the holder. if you see white then part of it is still there holding you up. I have had three columns that didn't fit with pointer and that was the problem __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super 20 LWB-Blue 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Black 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Red 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-green 1972 GMC 4x4 LWB-White 1971 Cheyenne 10 LWB-Ochre 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Copper 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Black 1969 Custom 10 LWB-lt blue 1968 GMC 3/4 ton-green 1968 1/2 ton swb stepside-silver 1967 Chevrolet CST 10 LWB-green 1967 Chevrolet custom 20 LWB-Maroon

05-16-2004, 10:51 AM	#2
dmec Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: yucaipa ca Posts: 580	the pointer is the same for a van and trucks. can be had from venders. used hard to find.

05-16-2004, 10:52 AM	#3
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	looks like a van to me, at least the tilt lever is from a van. Looks like a later van unit to me, like 77-ish to 80. The pointer you are looking for is the exact same as a real truck tilt would use. The vendors pretty much all have them. They break very easily (both originals and aftermarket replacements) and it's not a bad idea to have a spare if it really bugs you.

05-16-2004, 01:14 PM	#5
72c5 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Boston Posts: 311	Well I bought a 67-72 pointer, but that did not fit.......guess Ill try an '80 tilt pointer.......

05-16-2004, 02:50 PM	#6
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	in order to install that pointer, you have to remove the PRND21 indicator and hook the pointer in there.

05-16-2004, 10:03 PM	#8
72c5 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Boston Posts: 311	Longhorn, thanks! The one you are holding is the one I sent back to LMC. The one you have looks just like the 69-72 one I ordered, but it does not fit, at least I did not think it fit.........I did not know you have to remove the PRNDL window to install pointer. I guess black is what I have to tell them.

05-16-2004, 10:38 PM	#11
dmec Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: yucaipa ca Posts: 580	i have a black 1 and a white 1. the only difference i see is a small dimple on the bottom of the black 1. Attached Images

05-16-2004, 11:50 PM	#12
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Neither one of those two look right to me. Looking at the one I have here (which i took out of one of my columns) the part that actually goes up to the PRND21 window is less of an angle than those. Mountian Man...what I am trying to say with the pointer is that the van one, the truck one, and the one in some RV's are the exact same part number.



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