First: Congrats 1,000 times over. You're back in business. Will need a front end alignment. Any time front end geometry is changed you should get one. Everything steering rack has been through qualifies. Don't sweat engine yet. You never did finish debugging before crumple extension crumpled. Now can pick up where you left off. Re: not pushing Pigeon Forge -- that's 9 months away. Did you mean to say "not push Fall Foliage"? Again, congrats on the car. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote: > He didn't weld anything to the rack. He just tacked a tab for it to > push against, similar to the piece that was missing. > > The Pinto steering rack conversion was not brought up by me. > > He had no problems welding around the underbody. There was no damage > and nothing was removed. > > I drove the car home. The steering wandered just a bit. I take this > to be because I still haven't replaced the tie rod ends. It was great > compared to the way it was though. > > As far as Pigeon Forge goes...I don't know if I should push it. My > right front caliper grabs, the steering has that bit of wander and I > guzzle gas. My friend who took me to pick it up said I gassed her > pretty bad when she rode behind me. (No smart comments). > > But....it's home, and it works. > > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote: > > > he figured that out for himself and realized something was > > missing so he secured it by welding a tab to hold it in place. > > > > I'm not sure that this a good idea if he welded something to the > steering > > rack. But that would only be an issue if you tried to trade it in > as a core > > someday. > > > > Someone was going to look at fitting a steering rack made for an > old Mustang > > or Ford Pinto. Any luck with that? Who was that? > > > > > He said as he worked on it more and more, he became more confident > > that the repair would be a good one. > > > > Better your car than mine. ;-) Did he have a problem welding > around the > > fiberglass underbody? The only two procedures I have heard of is > taking the > > body off the frame or cutting a big hole in the truck and patching > the > > fiberglass afterwards. I think I read that procedure in a service > bulletin. > > > > Walt Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=256694.4002236.5216697.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1784493/R=0/id=noscript/SIG=11q7p9e7k/*http://webevents.yahoo.co m/universal/intolerablecruelty/> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=256694.4002236.5216697.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1784493/rand=740735967> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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