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Bob,I never read this thread till now and what you did is exactly what I was going to suggest. This is great info.
The sink in the camper on my old '71 Custom Camper was manual and it stopped pumping. I bought a replacement and it still wouldn't pump. I went deeper into it and removed the tank. I found that the fill neck had been repaired previously...with old milk jug and epoxy or whatever. I was in SC and knew of an RV repair place around the corner from my in-laws. The guy said,back then,the type of plastic used was paraffin-based and there's not an adhesive made that will stick to it. He cut about 1/4" off the neck and used that with a solder gun to "weld" it. I was amazed! I learned something that day with plastics. You use the same material and you can weld it. No question about compatibility. It's so plain and simple.

70STOVEBOLT,your steering wheel must be a reproduction. It's a 69-72 style,right? Those are all molded in color from factory. Reproductions are black and dyed/painted. I had a blue one for about 4 years in a truck I hardly ever drove. On a 15 degree morning I looked in it and saw a 3/16" gap at TDC and couldn't believe my eyes. The rod stock used for the rim is 1/2 the gauge of OEM. What did they save,$1 per wheel??? Later I noticed that wasn't dirt on the high spots of the grain texture,it was the color beneath the paint