Re: IML: '60 column problem found

["jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

I know people that actually think they will get better results having a pro 
do their work. I agree with Kenyon's thoughts on this one!
John
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From: "Kenyon Wills" <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: IML: '60 column problem found


> Nobody cares like you, the owner.
> Your hourly rate is cheaper, too!!
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> Glad to hear you figured it out.
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> -K
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> --- richard burgess <lecrown60@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Hi Folks,
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> > I undid the bolts on the steering gearbox to find
> > that there is only up and down adjustment, no fore
> > and aft.  When the shop put the body back on the
> > frame they slid it back a quarter inch.  I can tell
> > from the washer marks on the floor.  A quarter inch,
> > on the angle of the steering column, will translate
> > to half inch gap at the top.  I am so put out with
> > the shop already anyway.  Now I have to slide the
> > body of the car back.  Guess it will give me a
> > chance to replace all the flimsy body mount washers
> > they used instead of the heavy originals.  Car
> > restoration sure can be agravating.  For every part
> > I put on I find two more things that have been done
> > wrong.  AArrggh.  Thanks for the suggestions
> > everyone.
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> > Aggravated in Atlanta, aka
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> > Richard Burgess
> > Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Sounds like you should be loosening the box and
> > trying
> > to float it forward of its present location. Mark
> > what you do so that you can go back to it. If it's
> > obvious that the box is sitting back on its range of
> > adjustment, then you've just answered the question
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> > "why" your system isn't lining up properly.
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> > Double check that the steering column is as far down
> > as you can go by loosening and lifting it first, and
> > then re-seating it and making certain that it's
> > seated
> > all the way down.
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> > Get everything loose and start fiddling would be my
> > next step.
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> > -Kenyon
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> > --- richard burgess wrote:
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> > > Kenyon,
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> > > It seems to be a fore and aft problem. It is the
> > > whole upper assembly, shaft and surrounding column
> > > that are sitting too far out of the dash. The
> > > original marks from the column support bracket,
> > > under the dash, are about 1 and 1/4" farther aft
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