Quote: The column we have is a tilt wheel with shifter. I found a parts source that showed manual rack and pinion available for a 96-97 4 cylinder truck.
Just searched google. It was $129
96 and 97 are two completely different trucks. There were no manual racks for the 97 and newer. And the manual ones for 96 and older are hard to find, I'll bet what you found is out of stock or back ordered. I would look into chopping that second cross member out and fabbing a new one that uses a MII manual rack. The column should be easy, either convert to floor shift or find a 4cyl or V6 manual trans truck to pull one from.
