Mk1 getting some glitter back... by fredybender

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12-29-09

The holidays are filled with good days to relax after a few days of reunions, parties etc...
I wish I had My car in the garage to work on it!
Worked on a few things, getting ready for the return of Euclid, with that shiny Diamond Silver paint...
Took the steering rack appart, and was wondering if I should just buy a new one;
Once again, many thanks to Vortex, and a bit of research, I decided that the new Meyle racks, are not to the standards, as the OEM ones...

So, decided to clean all the parts, repacked new grease, re-adjusted bearing pre-load, took appart the shift rod linkage & linear bearings, cleaned, media blasted, painted them, and repacked new grease too...
New poly steering rack bushings in, everything pretty much cleaned up.
I only have a few of the shift linkage parts to finish blasting & painting...
Thats one of the first things, with the booster, to get back on the car, when it comes back.
I also took out my door latches out of a week in Gunk...
Oh well, the rubber on the sides of the striker pin hook, have disintegrated 
Does not look like it interferes with the good working order at the present time, but time might prove otherwise...

I searched on the forum, and saw that these are Rocco Mk1 specific...
On the look out for some minty ones in the near future, but these will work fine for now.
I painted just the part that shows on the side of the door, satin black.
They were painted a few times, a few different colors, but the gunk, got back to the metal. thus my decision to paint them black...

Oh, forgot to mention this:
Painter called me, and it seems that he has a scheduling issue with my car:
It should be ready 2 weeks ahead 
here on the 14th or so