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So with the pedals removed, the steering column comes through like this.
I had hoped that I would be able to have just a single u-joint, but it looks
like it's going to take two and an intermediate shaft. |
and here's what it looks like when the column is in its final position.
Not sure if I'm going to use this wheel or not -- this was the wheel in the
car for ~20 years but it's showing its age and the wood is starting to come
apart; if I'm going to use this, I'll need to rework it. | |
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So in order to build a box around the clutch rod, I'll have to fill part of
the steering column hole. Here the area that needs to be metal is
boxed in. |
alternate view of same | |
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Sail panels removed, pinchweld moldings removed, cover on package tray
removed. I do not know what I am going to do about the upholstery.
You can see how faded the velour headliner is. If I'm going to replace
the roof, this gets easy (ha ha) as I can just get a stock headliner;
otherwise, I've got the sunroof in the way. |
Cleaned the garage for a couple of hours, found and installed the missing tie rod end
boot. Added a washer to the aluminum arms as I just didn't feel right
torquing against the pretty anodizing. Washer seemed to fit like it
was supposed to be there. | |
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So I realized that I was missing a part in the AC box -- the plate forces
the air to go through the box itself and not behind the coil. I had
been thinking that I needed to use fiberglass to block off the unused part
of the box, but if metal is good enough here, why wouldn't it be for the
bottom as well? |
So here's the area that would need blocked | |
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Roughly 2 inches wide. I can screw or glue or something to the flat
surface that is between 0 and 1/2" on the measure here. |
Cardboard template looks to fit perfectly. | |
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It looks like this. I'll want to prime and paint the plate before
assembly so I haven't bothered cutting metal for this yet. |
And then I cleaned out all the crap that's been stored in the Chevelle
for the past couple of years, because it needed to be done. | |
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Took epoxy putty to the cracks in the Chevelle's steering wheel.
Tomorrow/next week/whenever, I'll need to sand this smooth and possibly do a
second pass. Then I'll prime and paint the wheel and that'll be
sorted. |