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I now have Peter's rack installed to my Pantera. It does seem quite
a lot better, though still a little stiff returning to center but
that could be the fact it now needs and alignment. I appear to have
got the steering wheel about one spline off, DRAT!<br>
<br>
I'll have my buddy take it for a drive, hopefully Tuesday night
after work, to give me his impression. Then I can take it in for an
alignment. That's another hundred bucks....hmmm... maybe I'll try
to do it on my own, after all, I just need to do Toe at this point.<br>
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I also did work tonight to try and figure out the power valve size
for the carb rebuild. I drove the car while hanging a vacuum gauge
in the passenger compartment. I first tried a dash-mount VDO gauge
I've had for years and never used. I plumbed it through the window
and lay it on the seat. It seemed to read too low compared to what
I was running in the garage previously using my Snap-On
Vacuum/pressure gauge.<br>
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I came back home and switched to the Snap-On. Wow! a whole lot
better I think, meaning probably a lot more accurate than the VDO.<br>
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At cruising speed between 55 and 60 MPH, I get about 14 inches of
vacuum. That seems more like it. Now I'll order the right power
valves, which would be the standard 6.5s.<br>
<br>
My new tires arrived (or did I tell you that already?).<br>
<br>
Asa Jay<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 7/28/2015 9:03 PM, Asa Jay Laughton via TPR wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:55B85097.3020403@asajay.com" type="cite">I
took my collapsible apart under the dash to retrieve the small
nylon clips. They were pretty worn. I found some 0.010" flashing
and cut two pieces as shown in the photos. I began to put the
shafts together but got too far before I realized it might be just
a tad too tight. Oh well, removed both shafts from the car and
tapped it together the rest of the way. It's certainly a bit
tight now. I can't move the two shafts apart from each other at
all by hand.
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It essentially had the same affect as welding the shafts together,
which I had originally intended not to do. Oh well. In hindsight
I should have snipped one side off similar to what Mike Dailey
did. However, he started with 0.015" stock, a little thicker than
what I found laying around the house; I figured an extra 0.005
would probably be fine. In the end, it will probably work out
alright since I figure the nylon might wear a bit more.
<br>
<br>
Job done. Now to install the ebay Ferrari rack. I carefully
trimmed it by hand with a die-grinder and file last night.
<br>
<br>
Asa Jay
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