The adjustment at the firewall won't help the shaft position at the coupler. So the steering box had some slop in the mounting holes, so I pushed it up. Also bent the pipe around some. This allowed me to connect it all up. The shaft slightly touches, but no pressure. That being said, I agree the right way is to re-route the pipe. But I'm not going to mess with it, so I'm going to call who built them and see if I can just send the one pipe back to him. They are used headers and I was going to re-coat them anyway. After working on this car for 10 yrs I'm running out of gas, but I'm close though. Thanks for the feedback. and happy new yr. to all

Brian