{"id":4585,"date":"2009-08-11T08:37:36","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T15:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/?p=4585"},"modified":"2009-08-11T08:37:36","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T15:37:36","slug":"ti-tidy-twenty-one-when-your-twenty-one-youre-no-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2009\/08\/11\/ti-tidy-twenty-one-when-your-twenty-one-youre-no-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"TI Tidy Twenty-one: Burman ‘box comes out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every two months or so I have to go afield for parts and as a result a box arrives from someone such as Centerline<\/a>.\u00a0 Some parts\u00a0are not available new or repro and for that I call Larry at APE<\/a> and usually he turns up what I need and it is reasonably priced.\u00a0 On the fender below is a\u00a0 combination of newly acquired stuff for the TI.\u00a0 The big hose is defroster vent, the smaller is drain hose for the compartment that houses the windshield wiper motor.\u00a0 The rubber parts are the transmission inner and outer boots.\u00a0 In the middle are a pair of firewall grommet holders, a Bosch ignition with keys, a steering column rubber seal holder, a drivers side steering link hard stop, brake master cylinder line and a gear shift knob.<\/p>\n

Before much of this finds its way on to the TI\u00a0I need to remove the steering box since it is making clunking noises I can’t get rid of through normal adjustment and it can’t live with.\u00a0 This is a scary job for me since I’ve never done it before and steering boxes have always been mysterious objects best left alone.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_9207\"<\/a>Not much is as exciting as a group of new parts, ready to install. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"IMG_9211\"<\/a>Here is the freshly removed steering wheel.\u00a0 I need this black plastic part since half of it is all broken out.\u00a0 Sorry for the bad picture.\u00a0 I think the PO tried to use a puller that grabbed the outside of the hub, it slipped and broke this black\u00a0plastic piece.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"IMG_9209\"<\/a>Here is the exposed original paint, too bad I would need to spend 5x what this car is worth to remove all the undercoating to expose it or repaint it.\u00a0 This where the steering stop is missing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"IMG_9208\"<\/a>I need to remove this steering box.\u00a0 I am told it will come out without much fuss if I can remove all the bolts holding it down and ease it down then forward then over a little, then twist, then forward then up and out\u00a0and out.\u00a0 Lots of wires, lines and etc in the way to cause frustration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"IMG_9210\"<\/a>Here’s the inside part of the steering.\u00a0 Wiring still looks bad but it’s under control.\u00a0 Trust me.\u00a0 Really.\u00a0 I need a new headlight\/turn signal stock before this goes together.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"IMG_9212\"<\/a>Sort of like tan lines where the steering box came out and exposed Chevy trunk paint underneath.\u00a0 I guess knowing the idiot who painted the engine compartment in speckle finish Chevy trunk paint\u00a0 had the steering box out should inform why I am removing it now.\u00a0 Noteworthy is the fact that NO oil of any kind drained out.\u00a0 Sigh.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"IMG_9213\"<\/a>There it is, like a twitching Tilapia on the deck of the Titanic waiting to get cut up and served with Coconut sauce over rice.\u00a0 The dreaded steering box waits to be examined and fixed up.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

I left the steering box on the floor and packed up my tools with the idea that I would go home and scour the internet for tips on rebuilding it.\u00a0 I got a phone call as I was starting the Sprint and as I sat in the idling car and talked I watched a chicken from the neighbors urban ranch enter the shop.\u00a0 30 minutes later my shop mate and I decided to try and catch it again tomorrow.\u00a0 Hopefully it wont lay any eggs in the TI when it spends the night in the shop.<\/p>\n

Up next: digging into the steering box with gloved hands to count the bearings, shims and what-all.<\/p>\n

TI Tidy 22<\/a>.
\nTI Tidy twenty<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every two months or so I have to go afield for parts and as a result a box arrives from someone such as Centerline.\u00a0 Some parts\u00a0are not available new or repro and for that I call Larry at APE and usually he turns up what I need and it is reasonably priced.\u00a0 On the fender … <\/p>\n

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