Teflon tape won't help with flare fittings.
The early cars had a 1 piece steering shaft, and the later cars had a removeable, collapsible steering shaft. All 69s have the collapsible shaft standard, meaning its compatible with the borgeson box.
 

Great deal in the swap meet section...just what you need, I would jump on it...grab the manual center link too you will need it ...the installation is easy.....jj

M1Mustang69 wrote:

Oh, Ok....I think I Follow.....The Description states it will have to be collapsed from .5 to 2" depending on whos writting it.....

Any idea on how to collapse it?

I did the job on my 68 and I believe the 69 column is similar. To collapse the shaft you simply push the interal shaft back up into the column until it bottoms on the tube. I did it using a wooden hammer handle and just pushed it up. I had to trim the lower 1/2" of the column tube with some snips to get clearance for the upper coupling on the rag joint coupling. The hardest thing to do on the Borgeson conversion was to push the return line on to the nipple on the pump. The supplied line was rubber reinforced with braided steel, so it didn't give very much. I too, have a 351W and I had an issue with the pump pulley lining up with the lower pulley. The bushings supplied by Borgeson (2 different sized ones totaling 2 1/2") were too short by 1/2". I had two 3" bushings made and they lined up perfectly. I am very happy with the mod which I have had for 5 years with no problems.
I did install the full kit - pump and bracket, gearbox, hoses and rag joint.
 

Last edited by Ron68 (7/24/2015 10:28 PM)