JohnL71RS’s Project restart…..

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I finally got my anti-roll bar in. i only have to tap the left hand threads on one of my post to complete it. here are some pics.

Hopefully this fixes my issues back there. I also tried to replace the bearing in the steering column. it still wobbled. i researched and i seem to be missing a top race looking part. i had to order an entire another kit for the part. I will try to install tonight to see if it does the trick. i still have to pull out the column to repaint since the steering wheel hub chipped up the column paint. i will also paint the bottom section of the steering wheel that is aluminum. it just doesn't look right on the black column. the steering wheel top will stay brushed aluminum. Thanks for checking out my progress.

9-6-2018

I was able to fix the steering column with the new rebuild kit. so i decided to take out the column and sand the top edge down where all the chips were. I sprayed multiple layers to help with the blending of all the coats on the column. I also took out the lower kick panels to prepare for paint. i had to glue where the panel goes to an edge strip up to the dash. it keeps cracking and i tried to use caulking, but it was terrible. the hot glue seemed to worked great. I sprayed some bed liner paint to help cover it up. i will be spraying the entire pieces with the bed liner paint, then clearing it. I will do all the painting hopefully next weekend. i also sanded my NOS bracket and other aluminum parts that started oxidizing. i will be clearing them this time. i also have to cut down the NOS warmer and tack back together. It is too wide to fit the in aluminum bracket. Easier to cut the steel warmer than to cut apart the aluminum bracket.

My friend that does all my electrical is supposed to finish up on all my wiring since the column and lower panels are removed. once he gets it all finished, then i can install all my parts again. Thanks for checking out my progress.