Well i ordered the parts tonight. I went down to H20diesel's work this afternoon (thanks again
) and he figured out 90% of my play was coming from my drag link, and steering damper, and we figured out together that the tie rod assembly is what was causing that obnoxious squeak. The parts i ordered were the steering damper, the drag link,both tie rod assemblies, and the rack dampner bolt(finally, MAYBE my engine will idle smoothly....) I'll let you know how all this turns out, my thinking was that i should start off with the easy stuff that didnt require all that much work/diss-assembly, and if i'm still getting alot of play/clunks to go ahead and do some more. Thanks again for all your help!
Ryan