Thread: LANDY'S LAST RESTORATION BY ME

I have a new wiring harness I am instaling & yes I will have an earth on each of the gauges the same as I had before. When I did the restoration 29 years ago I made my own harness which I had earth wires going to every thing . I am replacing it as it doese not look as neet as the Vintage Wiring Harness do.

I dont know were my posts from January 13 untill yesterday have gone. & cant find other peoples posts that I have been following. Also cant find anywere to click to view posts I have following.

There have been serious issues with the website due to hardware failure. See the last post on A reminder if i may

John

Well not a lot got done today, I did manage to bolt the rear PTO back in place & tighten some of the bolts I had put in finger tight.IMAG0864.jpgIMAG0865.jpgIMAG0866.jpg

I also fitted the two brackets that the accelerator springs attach to but because I never had my phone with me at the time I didn't take a photo of were they go . Can anyone tell me if I have put them in the correct places . I have put the long one to the bottom accelerator bearing & the small one to the top accelerator bearing.IMAG0867.jpgIMAG0868.jpg

Today I painted a few more bits gloss black. 1st was the rear tail shaft then the hand brake leaver these had already been etch primed .. I then sanded back the repairs I did on the steering wheel the other day , masked the chrome bars & gave a coat of etch primer.
Then it was off to the workshop to see if I could get the top of the steering column off so I can fit the column to bulk head grommet. T removed the lock nut & bearing nut from the top of the inner column & removed the balls , I was now able to unscrew the inner shaft from the large nut in the steering box & remove the shaft. I thought the 4 dowels may have been screwed in but no such luck. I then drilled the pins out going up one size at a time until I had all 4 out. I now tried to knock the top off the outer column but it would not budge. It was time to get the heat out & I heated the top until it was glowing red , it still wouldn't budge. I thought may be if I heat the boss & freeze the column tube it may let go. Guess what the can of Freeze was almost empty. I have to go down near were I buy the freeze tomorrow so will have another go tomorrow.
By the time I got home the etch primer had dried enough to give the steering wheel a coat of gloss black enamel with added hardener. I also unbolted the battery tray & gave i a coat of primer ready to paint gloss black when I give the steering wheel a second coat in a couple of days once it has dried properlyIMAG0880.jpgIMAG0881.jpgIMAG0885.jpgIMAG0879.jpgIMAG0875.jpg.
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Some more photo's of the steering column. Once I get this boss off I will either tap threads into the boss & fit some long grub screws or make up new pins & drive them in.

QUESTION Has any one tried to remove the top boss on a 80" steering column. if so how did you go about it ?

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I gave up on the idea of getting the top boss off the steering column. I decided because I had bought two of the grommets i would split one , then make up a template of the gap between the ends & cut a wedge out of the other grommet. I then wrapped glad wrap around the column & glued the wedge into the split grommet. Looks like it is going to work.