Swapping 1986 Suburban Steering Column into a 1975 Jimmy?

[Mike Phillips]

Swapping 1986 Suburban Steering Column into a 1975 Jimmy?

The turn signal assembly in the column where the blinker handle connects has worn out and needs to be replaced, no problem, done this a couple of times.

Last summer I bought a 1986 Suburban for the Big Block 454 motor and as a bonus this Suburban had a tilt steering wheel column and also operational cruise control.  I used the cruise control for about a month as I drove the Suburban around and it seem to work just fine as did the blinkers.

So instead of fixing the wiring in the steering column on the Jimmy I was thinking about pushing the steering column swap forward.  I still have the Suburban completely intact except the engine.

There's a little slop in the Suburban steering column, it's at the top of the column, where it flexes.  Not sure if this is just a loose nut or worn bearing or both?


Anyway, going outside to remove the lower cover of the steering column under the dash to look at the wires but thought I would post this and see if anyone's been there and done this before?

[Mike Phillips]

Removed cover from under column and noticed the wiring harness, it's about an inch in diameter, it comes down the steering column and dissapears into the back of the fuse block and it looks like it's the primary system feeding into the fuse block.

That's where it starts to look complicated.  Not sure I'm ready to tear out the original fuse block and/or entire wiring harness and then try to install or patch in the one from the Suburban.

Dang... wanted cruise control in the Jimmy...

[Captkaos]

Swap all the wiring over from the 86 to the 75.  You get all the benifits of new blade fuses along with the cruise, tilt etc.
You would have to rewire the switch to integrate it into your existing 86 setup.