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[hanra]

Im in the process of putting back together my colum along with coffee pot and IGN barrel. For some un known reason I have taking basically 0 photos of the disassembly process.... The workshop manual shows bugger all info also...

Ive got labeled bags with all the bits in it... but it looks like Im missing the four bolts/screws that retain the coffee pot to the colum itself... I dont know why these are not in the "steering colum" box.... What do they look like??? Are they bolts or screws...?

Is there a trick to aligning the rack gear for the IGN barrel and IGN switch?

Ill have to take a pic of all the bits that I have and see if you can identify what goes where.

So cranky I didnt take pics of this..... what was I thinking????

[Statler]

The 4 coffee pot screws are about 70mm long & look like wood screws.

[A9X]

Yes they are very course thread, I have mine apart at the moment for rTebuild also, I can take a pic if you need it

[hanra]

Yes please thank you Sir!!!

You can email them or post them up, what ever is the easiest for yourself!

I will need to go through all my boxes and search for them... Can't understand why they are missing....

Any pics identifying parts would be a really big help to mate!!!!

Thank you guys.... Once again...!!!

[S pack]

G/day Brad
I think I might have some spare coffee pot mounting screws if you need them.

Cheers
Dave.

[hanra]

That's a relief to know Dave!!! Once I know what I'm looking for exactly I'll search through all my box's. I've also go another large tub full of random old bits/ pieces from this car so I'll dig through that also.... They have to be here somewhere....

[S pack]

Approx 8mm hex washer head x 32mm long x 10g coarse thread, pointed tip and black phosphorised coating.

[hanra]

Thanks for that Dave.

This is what Ive got... dont mind the purple goo.. thats ACF-50, I soak all my bits in. Took no note of what order the washers go back....




Actually I did find this one.....




Is this the correct way the steering lock sits in the rack????




Whats this spring????




My brand new Kingo Country IGN barrel is jammed to... Cant get the key out and it wont turn....

Edited by hanra, 27 June 2012 - 08:06 AM.

[S pack]

G/day Brad

You've got the steering lock bolt facing down in the ignition rod and rack, it should point up the other way.
Also your steering lock bolt is missing a litle plastic sleeve that sits in the end of the spring and engages into the tab on the rack.
The circlip in your second pic has the tip broken off (shown separately in the bottom of your pic).
The flat spring in your last pic fits into the coffee pot where the ignition rack goes to keep the rack engaged with the nylon gear.

[hanra]

Thanks for pointing all that out Dave! More stupid little bits and pieces that Ill have to chase down.......

If anyones got any pics of this plastic sleeve piece mentioned, that would be awesome!! Even better if someone had a spare one I could buy!

Edited by hanra, 27 June 2012 - 10:13 AM.

[hanra]

Dave and Welby, Ive sent you guys PM's. Thanks for all your input.

[S pack]

Brad, some pics for you.
In this pic you can see how the plastic sleeve/bush thing on the steering lock bolt enages into the tab on the rack bar and the tooth mesh relationship between the rack bar and gear. To the left in the pic is the plastic sleeve/bush removed from the lock bolt.

In this pic is the circlip and what the coffe pot screws look like.

[hanra]

Your a champ Dave, an absolute wealth of knowledge!!

Guess what....

In my random box of old/broken/various parts I found a plastic bag marked coffee pot....

Musta been swept up and shoved in there in a late night clean up...?

The bag contained these four screws, but unfortunately no plastic sleeves. I am pretty certain these were not there when I pulled this apart. So is there two sleeves? Upper and lower???



Here's another pic of my circlip also

Edited by hanra, 27 June 2012 - 09:51 PM.

[S pack]

No, just one sleeve, I just put another sleeve separately in the pic so you could see more easily what it looks like.

Ok, I can see that your circlip is OK. Looked like the end was broken of in your original pics. Should have put my glasses on I suppose. LOL.

Edited by S pack, 27 June 2012 - 10:05 PM.

[hanra]

Does anyone else think Dave is a legend?

Those pics are such a great help mate!

[Mort]

Thank you Dave, and a very big thank you to you Brad ( also a legend ) for taking on these little jobs (steering column, heater box, etc) i can start doing Tracie's when it comes back and will have lots of reference pics and directions/instructions on how to go about it.

Edited by Mort, 28 June 2012 - 09:10 AM.

[hanra]

Whoa whoa whoa... dont thank me! Im just the simpleton who asks all the silly questions!!! Dave has not only been an awesome help with his knowledge and input, he is kind enough to send me the missing plastic sleeve! So all thanks need to go out to Dave!

[Mort]

Yeah but someone needs to ask the silly questions and your it .

[S pack]

Whoa whoa whoa... dont thank me! Im just the simpleton who asks all the silly questions!!! Dave has not only been an awesome help with his knowledge and input, he is kind enough to send me the missing plastic sleeve! So all thanks need to go out to Dave!

[hanra]

Righteo!!! Well my missing bit showed up in the mail today!!! Once again thanks to Dave (is there anything this man can't do?)

Got the colum all back together nicely. One more question... The upper plastic column shroud... One side has a kind of kicked up section towards the bottom of it. It's only on one half of the shroud. Does this go facing the under side of the dash...? Or facing toward the floor??

[hanra]

I was thinking perhaps this kicked up section is there to fit the profile under the dash? I guess if anyone out there has an LH or LX with a steering column, perhaps they could have a look how there shroud is fitted? Or even if it has this kicked up section???

[hanra]

Ahhh interesting. Nice colour!!