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Bad bad idea, that Rack and pinion is not made for a long period of hard manual use. Especially your steering joints. The valves in the R&P will eventually fail or lock open, you'll be turning the steering wheel half a turn before the tires even move after too long. I've heard of steering joints breaking too, could be very dangerous. Unless of course there is something different about the 1982 R&P that I don't know about. maybe they were bullet proof that year. But good luck, either way, I think you'll free up some ponies.