Morning world........... Looks like a nice day to go work on the Lincoln again. Steering column is loose.... gotta apply some threadlock to the bolts I guess. Or else Charlie lost his strength the day he tightened them!!

 

Morning Bud, have fun with that....

 

Thanks Steve...ain't lookin' forward to wedging myself in front of the drivers seat!

 

always a fun way to get a muscle cramp and not be able to get out fast enough....

 

my all time favorite place to be is under the transom in the engine compartment between the motor and the outdrive, then get a shoulder cramp.....damn that hurts!

 

Got under there....it's something I can not repair without removing the complete column.....KRAP! and can't let it go too long or I'll be holding the steering wheel in my hands to keep it off the floor! HELP CHARLIE!

 

errrr not good.....mayday mayday!!!

 

I'm lucky enough that I do have on hand a complete steering column for my Mark VIII. It just doesn't have a working in-out motor. I can take care of that as the one in there now works...in-out and up-down. But I believe that the one in there only has some loose bolts. I also have a tube of thread sealer!

 

having spares of anything that needs fixing is a good thing!

 

'specially when you run older cars as a daily driver! The Mark is 14 years old!

 

and have the room to store extra parts...

 

Glad I closed in under the back porch!

 

time to head home....TTYL

 

Byeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

hello all. sorry for not replying back Bud, been a bad day here. The cancer has returned with a vengence on the black dog, we're going in a minute to take him to put him down. will be digging a BIG hole tomorrow. I'll be at therapy until 11:00 in the morning, after that not sure, I'll give you a call, you can bring it over, and we'll see what's up, maybe the helicoils have come loose, and I just have to glue them back in.




if it's not drivable, I know someone with a BIG wrecker, and she'll come get it. watch out though, she's used to cutting out the tank, and selling it for the weight. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA