(queue stupid joke ) After I knocked down every bulge I took 120 grit sandpaper to it. I used PC7 epoxy to fill in those cracks and crevices after opening them up and then took a dremel tool to the thing to sand it as level as I dared.ended up using a drum roll. Would you believe you can get a very good mounting kit on ebay shipped to you for $1? that's right, that's what it cost me - and it looked pretty healthy too and held up that fan nice and tight.Īnd then we have everyone's favorite job - the dreaded steering wheel! It is a pretty good unit that I had been using on my portable engine run stand. The electric fan went in without too much trouble as well. The seals went into the units without much fanfare, and I put a tick of white lithium grease on the pivots. 10 hours of a buff job and we are all shiny again - just in time for Mother's Day. My wife drove through some truckers' explosion and she says the smoke and debris made it where she could not see a thing, van covered in all kinds of good, plastic?, black dots, and I don't know what all. Seems Karcher uses a lot of molded, high density pvc in their units - this one had a cracked elbow. the pressure washer went crazy blowing water everywhere. Right box, right label, wrong capacitor in the box! Aaarrrrrggghhhh, another 4 days and we have what we need. No biggie, get it ordered, be here in 4 days, etc. Here it is May 7th and I feel like I've got nothing done! My air compressor (the heart beat of the shop) went down and I chase the problem for a week or so. The air deflectors took a trip to the bead blast cabinet (barely fit in there) and then we set about a plan to work on that nasty driver's side rot. I hung the inner fenders and deflectors up in the air and stripped, bagged, and tagged the parts that came off. But first we needed to assess what we have and take inventory of the clips, hardware, and original rubber seals. ![]() Now to start putting the front end sheet metal back together. I have only shifted on jackstands, but with the wheels and transmission moving we liked the way she shifted. I did prime and prep the fake shifter shaft that I am going to install to replace the original since we put a Hurst Syncro Loc in the floor. ![]() For some reason, this was missing in my parts lot I got some time ago when I bought a 56 Ford steering column, shifter, z bar, and manual transmission car parts. This will keep the wobble out of it for sure. The second photo shows the bushing surrounding the shaft and resting in the bearing.
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