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01-11-2021, 06:29 PM | #1 |
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..and now I feel guilty!
Having received my new steering parts for the 34, I built the steering box, adjusted it and filled with grease - all very easy and as a result I now have a perfect steering box waiting to be put back into the car. The steering tube with the attached lock needed a bit of work to the lower tube end so I did what was needed, had the steering lock apart and got everything nice and working again - perfect! When opening the jaws of the vice somehow I lost control and dropped the tube, put a little dent in the upper end and of course broke the 87 year old lever of the steering lock. To say that I am really upset about myself is only half the truth - that part survived for 87 years and now its broken! Does anyone have one for sale or knows if they are available anywhere?
BTW - what was connected to the electric switch on the steering lock? Harty Last edited by vincent; 01-15-2021 at 05:39 AM. |
01-11-2021, 06:32 PM | #2 |
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Re: ..and now I feel guilty!
The electric switch is the ignition switch.
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01-11-2021, 06:43 PM | #3 |
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Re: ..and now I feel guilty!
Vincent, so sorry, but I'm there with you.
The things that make me the most angry are the things that I've broken myself. Try a PM to... https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/member.php?u=7302 Third Gen Auto in McMinnville Tenn, Michael Driskell and Company. Fair and fast. 844 327 5988 [email protected]
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01-11-2021, 07:27 PM | #4 |
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Re: ..and now I feel guilty!
Accidents happen and it can be fixed. The important part if you did not hurt yourself or another person! It was luckily an inanimate object.
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01-12-2021, 05:00 AM | #5 |
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01-12-2021, 11:25 AM | #7 |
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Re: ..and now I feel guilty!
Vincent. You mentioned filling your steering box with grease, not a good idea. If not using the proper gear lube, a good grease to use would be John Deere corn head grease., as it does not cake up and stay away from the moving parts. This has been discusses in earlier posts.
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