Bob and Grant went border raiding on Saturday. The boys will fill you in on that story.
On Sunday, we all went about various chores including more clean up to facilitate snow removal - seems the locals are predicting a good measure of it this winter.
After messing around with a leaky rad (needs to be re-cored), I dragged out the HUP and mounted the front windows just to get them out of the way (a "thank you" goes to John Granger at Speedy Glass in Orleans).
The rest of the day was spent mounting the steering column, which went on with a fight. The HUP steering is held on by a typical steering gear box mounted to the frame. No problems there until it came time to match up holes with the top of the column under the dash. There was no play between the upper mounts, so the lower mount was loosened off. Grant and I aligned the top mounts and bolted them up.
Next step was to attach the steering mechanism to its proper mount. Thin gasket material was used to make up the loss of the original gasket. The arms were connected using one bolt and three nuts - each cinching down a tapered collar and lock washer.
The end result:
I borrowed Grant's Chev steering wheel and gave the system a workout - there was some grit in the upper mechanism, but no binding. All seems well and in the end, I did not use any shims. More testing to follow.
Finally, we can steer the HUP!
