65 Barracuda daily driver
I haven't driven the car since I went up the Angeles Crest Highway. Like always you just want to replace the steering box and then that turns into rebuilding/ replacing every part that attaches to it, haha. First, I noticed the pitman arm was junk and soon thereafter I took the entire steering column out and now I'm cleaning and painting everything and replacing rubber and gaskets and it looks like I'm gonna paint and fake wood grain the steering wheel. It's really not that bad for being 55 years old and the cracks are minor, but need to be addressed. I guess everyone is using PC-7 for the cracks, but The Steering Wheel Guy recommends resin. I'd have him restore my wheel, but it's a daily driver and needs to be done soon and I can't afford it right now. Anyone any idea what resin to use? Fiberglass resin? Any links? Anyways, I decided to keep the old steering coupler and I'm going to rebuild it as best I can. I think I'll drill a little hole and add that little pin that's in my rebuild kit. The steering column housing is still in process to be painted and not pictured as well as the steering shaft that is painted, but not in the photos. Still waiting for anew cancel cam that should be here Thursday. By the way, the steering box I bought from PST is really a '67-up box and the mounting holes are too large. So I bought two 7/16 id x 9/16 od x 1 long "oilite bushings" on ebay and cut them to fit. The outer diameter is a it too large, so I slipped them over a 7/16" bolt and tightened them with a nut and washers, put the bolt in a drill that I put in a vice and then ground off the excess material with a flat file. Not ideal, but it kinda works (see photo). Not sure why manufacturers like PST don't throw in these 3 little sleeves for the early cars when you buy a box. Or at least offer it for an additional charge. I emailed them about it, but haven't heard back. Anyways, now back to painting the steering column...
The worst crack in the steering wheel (sorry it's blurry):
Been practicing the wood grain, haha. More about that later:
I haven't driven the car since I went up the Angeles Crest Highway. Like always you just want to replace the steering box and then that turns into rebuilding/ replacing every part that attaches to it, haha. First, I noticed the pitman arm was junk and soon thereafter I took the entire steering column out and now I'm cleaning and painting everything and replacing rubber and gaskets and it looks like I'm gonna paint and fake wood grain the steering wheel. It's really not that bad for being 55 years old and the cracks are minor, but need to be addressed. I guess everyone is using PC-7 for the cracks, but The Steering Wheel Guy recommends resin. I'd have him restore my wheel, but it's a daily driver and needs to be done soon and I can't afford it right now. Anyone any idea what resin to use? Fiberglass resin? Any links? Anyways, I decided to keep the old steering coupler and I'm going to rebuild it as best I can. I think I'll drill a little hole and add that little pin that's in my rebuild kit. The steering column housing is still in process to be painted and not pictured as well as the steering shaft that is painted, but not in the photos. Still waiting for anew cancel cam that should be here Thursday. By the way, the steering box I bought from PST is really a '67-up box and the mounting holes are too large. So I bought two 7/16 id x 9/16 od x 1 long "oilite bushings" on ebay and cut them to fit. The outer diameter is a it too large, so I slipped them over a 7/16" bolt and tightened them with a nut and washers, put the bolt in a drill that I put in a vice and then ground off the excess material with a flat file. Not ideal, but it kinda works (see photo). Not sure why manufacturers like PST don't throw in these 3 little sleeves for the early cars when you buy a box. Or at least offer it for an additional charge. I emailed them about it, but haven't heard back. Anyways, now back to painting the steering column...
The worst crack in the steering wheel (sorry it's blurry):
Been practicing the wood grain, haha. More about that later:
