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Vettech:
Oh! and Bob - I thought of repair - had my Old Man been alive he would have filled the slot with Braze or Silver Solder, he was a magician at Brazing, always clean -sometimes it was hard to see where he had done the repair - unfortuneately the apple fell too far from the tree - ie Im hopeless at it. And also if I hit it with heat it odds on I'll over heat the shaft - and I imagine the shaft is hardened - case hardened or tempered - something that I would stuff up.

sirfixalot:
Could you fix it by placing a longer rod to push down on the wedge or alternately drop a 1/4 " ball bearing down centre shaft on top of the push rod my guess is the star bolt is bottoming out on its shoulder & can't push the wedge out sufficiently. Try using a conventional 5/16 UNC bolt to see if the tele will lock when fully extended

Vettech:
The rod pushes out as it should, the cam slides up/down the slot and when pushed it binds into the bottom of the slot, the lever/star bolt has ˜1/3 of a turn - in 90% of the slot it will lock, but in the top 10% the slot is deeper and it will not. I can adjust the position of the lever to the star bolt to either lock in the top 10% (great for me) but the column will not telescope down as the cam cant get out of the deep section of the slot. Im sorry if this is making no sense. The bottom line is - if I redo the fire wall and the column sits higher as it should then the column needs to telescope to allow all drivers. I had a new lower shaft made several years ago, it was made longer to ensure I had enough to reach when the column moves back to the correct position. The reason for the new shaft was because it was rubbing on the chassis and was nearly cut right thru, this new shaft is thinner tensile duraleum tube, just misses the chassie rail.

Vettech:
Thanks for that PM Bob, I did open it, expensive, I notice the Tilt Lever is missing, mines broken, cant get them, like hens teeth. I wonder what the lower case measurement is, I think that is where they crush in an accident. The 87 is full of water again, despite cover.  I hope the new Mustang comes quick. Depressed, I bought a Unique Cars today, there is a nice 350SL 72 Black on Red Convertible Australian delivery and only $29K - Ummmm something that has not been butchered by experts, would be nice.

bfit:
The 350 I believe we're optioned with a 5.5lt making a massive 230 odd HP
So I'm thinking a BB but I know you won't go there so perhaps a LS2?
And make it go some what quicker .
Bfit

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