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Looks like your doing a great job. That gap you are referring to is where the wires will lay. The flange is where the weatherstrip attaches. I don't have a good pic of it being done showing the gap. Here is mine before surgery. You can see a wire running thru there and the gap. The spot weld go down in that area onto top of the inner rocker. I guess I should have took some better pix.:lol:
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Thank you Alan. Now just going to check my door gap before I weld it in place.
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Ya'll ever start on a project and half way thru it you ask yourself what the hell was I thinking? :lol: Well tonight was a perfect example for me. I went out with the full intentions of getting the column done so I can get it ready for paint. I did get the upper nuts tacked in place. i then took the column out to work on the nuetral safety switch. My thinking was I could duplicate the openings, so that is what proceeded to do.
http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/DSC08960.jpg http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/DSC08963.jpg I was taking step by step pix to share with ya'll. Once I got to this point is when it hit me..........That's stupid you dumb A$$. My thinking is I can cut out a square around the original location and move it up the column. The piece I cut out can fill the hole where the original one was. It will be alot cleaner and will allow me more access to the inner shaft so I can cut it as well. I will weld the piece I cut out tonight back in and start over. Don't ya'll think that would be better?:smoke: |
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Sorry, I dont follow what you are pointing out; you did a good job with the tape, however:lol:.
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Maybe this will help out. Weld the piece I cut out and start over by doing this.
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Good idea Allan, but what do you have to do to the inner shaft make the switch work? Isn't there an easier way? You got me thinking now.
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I would just bypass the nutral safty switch
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After I got my measurements and a plan this is what happened. I didn't take pix of the cut I made on the inner tube where the switch is activated. It looks almost like the original hole just in a different location. http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/DSC08968.jpg http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/DSC08969.jpg http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/DSC08970.jpg http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/DSC08971.jpg http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/DSC08973.jpg And there is continuity in park. I tacked everything in place and checked with a meter before I weld everything up. http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/DSC08974.jpg |
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NICE:metal:
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nice work Alan!
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I get it....sorry dude. I see whats up now; thats slick. Was the switch interfering with something? Your mount is clean too. My column installed by the PO has a cobbled up mount combined of the late(?) 70's column mount and the original. The column is also too short.
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The slot on the inner cylinder wasnt registering to me. Probably because I havent torn apart a column before. I knew it worked mechanically.
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Man I'm tired, just went through the whole thread again to find how you welded the rocker to the floor. I noticed you made holes in the new rocker. Did you use a spot weld bit? Every time I go through your thread I find something new I learned. This is like my third time I have gone through it.
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Alan,
The switch relocation looks slick. Good job.:metal: |
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Had a little time to shave the key hole and fill today. The pix are pretty much self explanatory. http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/DSC08975.jpg I made the cut with a thin cutoff wheel and cleaner up with a grinder. (It's aluminum) http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/DSC08978.jpg Put a piece of tape to plug the hole for the next step. http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/DSC08979.jpg This stuff is great for bonding panels and have used it in some other circumstances, so why not try it here. http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/DSC08980.jpg It is slow to dry. It needs at least 4 hours at 70 degrees, 24 to fully cure. Once cured it can be dressed down and maybe wiped with a thin coat of filler if needed. http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/DSC08981.jpg Finished welding and grinding. http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/DSC08982.jpg Went ahead and wiped it to clean it up a little more. http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/DSC08983.jpg |
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lookin good:metal:
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Not a whole lot going on here, just enjoying the beautiful weather. As most know I picked up another truck for the hood. I've got the rest of the truck in the classified section with a choice of one of my other 2 hoods. I've kind of got out of the groove. Trying to get back in the saddle. I think we have all been there. You decide to take a day or 2 off then before you know it it is a week later. http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o.../Photo0019.jpg |
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In my case... since september!
I did go stare at it for an hour yesterday... does that count?:lol: |
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Alan, thanks for the in-depth photos and detail of what you’re doing. This effort will no doubt save many tears for a lot of folks later on and is a great example of why this forum is so important.
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I hear you on the taking a break. Got cold her so I took a break for a month or two. Then right when I started getting excited it Snows for two days in the beginning of March. What gives?
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Stayed tuned I'm fixin' to post some pix of what I got done today. |
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