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So, uncle Dan storytime: I kind of dislike the Rustoleum enamel + clearcoat treatment finding it too brittle and generally fragile for the automotive interior. I have really developed a fondness for Krylon's Dual. So when I knicked the paint on this shift collar, I redid it using the Krylon product.
First challenge was the cold weather. overcame that by curing the piece in the BBQ but on the first go 'round, the part tipped over and screwed up an otherwise lovely finish. So I had to sand it down and start over. Of course, sanding took away the textured finish so now I'm shooting a perfect gloss coat. In order to get the scratch completely out of the finish, I had to paint, sand, paint again 3 times. Real pain. Some days were so cold and/or windy I couldn't spray at all and it just happened that my company opened a new facility which ate up a bunch of time along with the holidays, finding a house and going through the associated nut-roll...ugh. But today, I finally finished it up. Got a good gloss base down and to mimic the texture, careful dusted the piece by holding the spray can a good distance back. I'm satisfied with the turnout but sure would have liked to have taken less time on it.
 
Teeth & Tires said:
So, uncle Dan storytime: I kind of dislike the Rustoleum enamel + clearcoat treatment finding it too brittle and generally fragile for the automotive interior. I have really developed a fondness for Krylon's Dual. So when I knicked the paint on this shift collar, I redid it using the Krylon product.
First challenge was the cold weather. overcame that by curing the piece in the BBQ but on the first go 'round, the part tipped over and screwed up an otherwise lovely finish. So I had to sand it down and start over. Of course, sanding took away the textured finish so now I'm shooting a perfect gloss coat. In order to get the scratch completely out of the finish, I had to paint, sand, paint again 3 times. Real pain. Some days were so cold and/or windy I couldn't spray at all and it just happened that my company opened a new facility which ate up a bunch of time along with the holidays, finding a house and going through the associated nut-roll...ugh. But today, I finally finished it up. Got a good gloss base down and to mimic the texture, careful dusted the piece by holding the spray can a good distance back. I'm satisfied with the turnout but sure would have liked to have taken less time on it.
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Dan,

Spent the extra money to get the original type Suede from TCP global. It was a 2 part urathane that hardened extremely well and is very chip resistant. Sorry you have had all the issues!
 
After much struggling to engage the housing retainer bolts, I concluded that the jacket somehow got misshapen. Using the tip of a wood clamp, I unwarped it and got the bolt heads to engage.

 
There is a special tool for pressing the upper column bearing into the steering shaft. Luckily, Ace hardware sells a 3/4" diameter steel spacer, 2" length that does the job brilliantly and set me back $3.




 
Your granite is much cooler looking than the first one!!! I've never seen that design before and I'm a real estate agent!!

And your column looks great. It was a lot of work but the paint looks great...the texture looks good.
 
So I gave up on the gear pointer. After dropping it down into the housing four times, I finally got it set in place. (who knew this would be so tough) but then it wasn't bent correctly to drop down over the PRNDL. After fiddling with that too much, the tip broke off. Aggravating.

So, minus the pointer, here's the completed steering column.

 
...and - my "now-steerable" car can be towed down to the exhaust shop. :D



...but I must wait until we are a bit closer to occupying the new casa as I would like to have the tow truck bring it FROM the shop to her new garage so I won't have to get it towed twice.
 
Getting close if it's exhaust time! Initial startup and all that fun smoke....:D
 
Will be sure to stay upwind and send the missus out of town for the weekend.

Currently, in the process of boxing up the fish's garage.
 
Aint moving a *****? Oh well,I hope you will be happy in the new place. We could do with a move to a more friendly location too.
 
Getting the car ready for the flatbed meant bundling up my dangling wire harness and getting some loose items out of the cabin. While mucking about under the hood, I decided to pull out one of the adjustable hood bumpers. I still have replacement rubbers in the bag but wanted to see just how brittle the old ones were and, holy cow - they may as well have been made of charcoal. I had to pinch them with wire cutters and they pretty much crumbled off from there. Naturally, before screwing the metal part back in, I had to clean it. :D

Who doesn't love before-n-afters?



 
You may have noticed in earlier pics but, in prep for moving, I decided to install the nose piece (header panel). Getting it in - too easy. But the fit is crap. Huge gap between it and the hood. Gonna have to do some fussing with all of the front clip components before I can truly call this 'done'.

 
The small amount of movement I imparted on the steering system caused my steering box to spit out a small puddle of PS fluid - a casual reminder that I still needed to connect those hoses.



Ok, NOW I think the car is flatbed ready.
 
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