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4eye 1980 Mercury Capri. RS 4cyl Turbo.

Manual steering rack. Showing its age for sure. Steering has always felt sloppy, and figured it would be the rag joint. But no ! - its the rack ... there's lots of play.

eBay & Amazon have lots of manual racks in the low $100​ range, but these scare me unless folks out there can recommend positive experiences with a particular brand or model.

Flaming River is clearly the top level route of choice, but wow they are pricey. Is the feel and responsiveness that many multiples better ?

RockAuto seems to have no manual racks at all.

Can anyone recommend a middle ground on price & quality ?

Also ... would appreciate thoughts on steering ratio. I don't even know what my car has currently.

Thanks in adcance.