This portion was, and is, painful. As of the time of this writing I still have not finished. I’m waiting on the additional parts I didn’t need. I expected this to take 30 minutes and cost me nothing. That did not happen. I made things myself, saving myself hundreds but taking about five hours. That…

This is how it was at the beginning. There’s a cork gasket in between the tank and the filler neck. It was gone by the time I got the car. When I filled the gas tank up past half way, gas would slosh all over. Stinking up the cabin. Gross. On the left is the…

This is the engine part of the wiring harness. Notice that plastic block with the bolt in the middle of it. That needs to go into the firewall and plug into the fuse block. Not easy. Front driver side light with the full harness on the ground. New lights, beauty.

This was the final step in removal of the steering rod, pressure cylinder, and the tie rods. This is the full steering linkage removed and ready to be cleaned up. Painting of the steering linkage. Had to cover up the tie rods with zip lock bags and duct tape. The finished product. The grey stuff…

I knew I needed to replace some leaking components of the steering system. The PS cylinder, PS control valve, and all four PS hoses were purchased in one of the original batches of parts. This is not the debacle. The debacle came in the efforts to remove said pieces.

I wasn’t supposed to touch anything steering related. Things changed quickly. The steering column was collapsed (long story) and both the top and bottom bearings were shot. I’d need more tools and space to rebuild it correctly. So instead I bought a 1968 Corvette Ididit steering column ($800). After I received the column I saw…