Yeah, that's what i'm afraid of... How hard are they to change? I have no experience with a "box"... I only know of a belt driven pump... lol
Steering box is what I was referring to.
Neither are hard to change out.....
for the box, take the draglink off the pitman arm, take the steering shaft off the box, take the 3 bolts out that hold it to the frame, remove box.
for the pump, loosen belt, remove high pressure and return line, remove 3 bolts that hold the pump bracket to the engine block, remove pump. You may have to take the AC compressor off the bracket, to have enough room to get the pump out.
For either one, it shouldn't take much more than a hour to swap out.
A note on the pump.....if you buy a used pump (and it comes with the bracket)....either make sure the pump/bracket came from an engine that is the same as yours (8V or 16V), or use your bracket on the new pump......since 8V and 16V brackets are different (the offset is different and the belt won't line up, if you use the wrong bracket). But the pumps are the same, so either pump will work on either bracket.