65 with loose, nasty, sloppy, power steering

[1sick65]

so my car has factory power steering and i hate it. not only does it leak but its all sloppy. i have replaced most of the bushings and i still hate it. what kind of options do i have as far as either tightening up the power setup or converting it to manual. also this car is street driven but i dont think i'll mind manual steering as the car has alot of other not street friendly things. any ideas are appreciated

 

[D.Hearne]

Only things you need to convert to manual are a manual drag link and pitman arm. I did this with my 77 Comet's steering (same setup as a Mustang) I got the parts from Autozone. "Rareparts" is the vendor. As for teh sloppy part, you may need to change the rest of the steering parts too, including the gear box.

 

[thexrcist68]

you can tighten the gear box, but most people i know dont reccommend it.
as far as the manual conversion goes, i used an adapter from mustangsunlimited and it worked very well, so thats an option if the rest of your components are in good shape