please help me with my 69 steering column, going nuts!

[bobfist]

Im trying to figyre out what i have been doing wrong, i cant get the steering column to work.
I have two round parts showing in one of the pictures and i dont know where they should go.
I dont have the shifter connected to the transmission, and its a pain in the ass to shift.
When i put it in park the upper housing pops off...
Can someone show me how the column should be installed from the beginning....

[UFO]

Does this help?

[bobfist]

looks like the spring 21-30-43 are missing what i can see
and is it the support under the washer i have on my pic?
Dosent look the same

[bobfist]

have  anyone seen the 21-30 -43 spring before? And what does it do

[Dino]

Isn't that spring there to return the column shifter back to its 'parked' position?

[Ghoste]

Got me, I thought maybe it was to keep a little pressure on the lever itself. 

[nvrbdn]

i would have leaned toward a spring being the pressure on the horn contact plate.

[gtx6970]

All the spring does is keep some pressure bwteeen the lower and middle column jackets,,to prevent a rattle.

If the upper shell is popping off your not getting the 2 square headed bolts locked in place on the jacket when tightening them down

[jaak]

Isn't that spring there to return the column shifter back to its 'parked' position?

Yes (the 21-30-43 spring on the diagram). The shifter lever has to be removed to access it. Mine was broke in my column, keeping it from locking in park. I went to the local parts house and bought a small compression spring similar in size (for under a buck) It did the trick. I found the correct spring on eBay before, but it was like 15 or 20 bucks  

Jason