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Old 09-25-2015, 06:08 AM   #41
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In my younger days, I used to tie a damaged car to a tree and drive off.
Once straightened the top on a "rollover", using a bumper jack for a PORTA-POWER--Once soldered a patch on a gas tank with a HEAT GUN. Put the bumpers tight together & used one long piece of old copper tubing for a jumper.
On the way home, once, left the Studebaker running @ the starter/generator shop & took off the starter off, so I could leave it there for a rebuild, was sorta' DANGEROUS, though!
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Old 09-25-2015, 07:13 AM   #42
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Once straightened the top on a "rollover", using a bumper jack for a PORTA-POWER--Once soldered a patch on a gas tank with a HEAT GUN. Put the bumpers tight together & used one long piece of old copper tubing for a jumper.
On the way home, once, left the Studebaker running @ the starter/generator shop & took off the starter off, so I could leave it there for a rebuild, was sorta' DANGEROUS, though!
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Well Bill, I thought I had heard it all, but that one sure takes the cake !!
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Well Bill, I thought I had heard it all, but that one sure takes the cake !!
You ain't heard nothing, Pooch,
A Datsun 210, with automatic, lost a long through bolt from the starter, the other one was BENT ! I held the starter together with my BARE hands & Gregg cranked it off !
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Thanks so much to all of you for your suggestions. Nothing Worked until I tried a shade tree mechanic approach. See photo. I wrapped a chain around the shade tree, then attached a come-along winch to the chain. Then wrapped a cargo strap around the steering wheel and attached that to the 2 ton come-along. I backed the car down the incline toward the tree to get the correct pull angle on the steering column and started to winch it up. Only problem was the winch dragged the car toward the tree even with the hand brake on, in gear and wheels chocked.
To prevent the A from sliding on the driveway, I attached a cable from the front axle to the hitch on my Yukon and took up the slack so tightening the winch would have to drag both vehicles which I was confident it would not do.
I tightened the winch to the point I was afraid the straps would break but the wheel still would not budge. With all this pulling pressure on the wheel, I alternately beat on the rear of the steering wheel spokes with a sledge hammer. After about 20 shots, it finally let loose and luckily with no damage to the shaft end.
So, with the column now out of the car, hopefully I can get it welded back together again tomorrow and put it back together in time for the show on Sat. After all this, the forecast for Sat is 75 percent rain so all the headaches the past two days may be in vain anyway.

I am truly amazed about the guys on the Barn who always seem to be there when you need some help. Thank you all again.

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That pic of pulling a steering wheel using a tree blew me away.

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Once straightened the top on a "rollover", using a bumper jack for a PORTA-POWER--Once soldered a patch on a gas tank with a HEAT GUN. Put the bumpers tight together & used one long piece of old copper tubing for a jumper.
On the way home, once, left the Studebaker running @ the starter/generator shop & took off the starter off, so I could leave it there for a rebuild, was sorta' DANGEROUS, though!
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Bill:
You are one crazy puppy dog.
That starter...Wow, you are braver than I.
Glad you've made it this long.
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Been there done that.
Many years ago we had a starter motor failure on a B737 on an out station.
Our ground engineer suggested he removed starter on nr 1 while we load the pax, close the doors and start number 2. He then removed the starter from the running nr 2 engine, closed the cowls and fitted the starter to nr 1 off we went.

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A guy loading logs in the mountains at night, ran his BIG lights too long & his Flathead V-8 wouldn't start. Took the plugs out of 4 Cyls, started it, ran it awhile to charge the KAPOOT battery. Put the plugs back in & OFF he went.
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To Bob C. The steering wheel pictured in Vince's web-site is not the same one pictured by Glen or Lona or whoever the poster is. Maybe someone else can chime in on the poster's picture. I used to buy these steering wheels NOS in the flea markets and they worked fine. Dale.
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To Bob C. The steering wheel pictured in Vince's web-site is not the same one pictured by Glen or Lona or whoever the poster is. Maybe someone else can chime in on the poster's picture. I used to buy these steering wheels NOS in the flea markets and they worked fine. Dale.
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Attached is a better photo of the steering wheel. It would be nice to know what it came from if it is not from a standard model A.
The roadster is my wife Lona's car but I get to do all the work on it!

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That wheel looks like the soybean wheel with the conical hub instead
of the resin wheel. See the Standards page 8-5.

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