12-02-2021, 07:09 PM
The lever seems to be just shrunk onto the shaft as I can loosen it with a lot of heat from a blowtorch - the problem is that the lever is the only thing that gives me purchase on the column to allow me to keep trying to rotate it so at the minute I think I'll keep it attached. The levers are off the bottom, but I may reattach them and try levering and penetrating from the bottom as well.
I could just get by without it as you say Mark, but fiddling with the ignition is an enjoyable if often fruitless part of the experience!
It's been an interesting first week - On Wednesday I had it up on high axle stands in my garage with the back axle unattached. I went to my lockup to collect some tools and on returning I reversed down my very steep driveway. It was icy and snowy and although I thought I was in 4wd in my Nissan Navara, I wasn't. It started sliding and I couldn't stop it so it slid right into the garage and crashed backwards into my little Austin, which crashed off the axle stands into my Motorbike! Surprisingly there was more damage to the truck than the back of the Austin - I think being on stands helped as the truck bumper went under the Austin and the pointy rear of the car's body punched a nice dent in the relatively soft tailgate skin of the truck.
All part of life's rich tapestry - although I may have said something stronger at the time..
I could just get by without it as you say Mark, but fiddling with the ignition is an enjoyable if often fruitless part of the experience!
It's been an interesting first week - On Wednesday I had it up on high axle stands in my garage with the back axle unattached. I went to my lockup to collect some tools and on returning I reversed down my very steep driveway. It was icy and snowy and although I thought I was in 4wd in my Nissan Navara, I wasn't. It started sliding and I couldn't stop it so it slid right into the garage and crashed backwards into my little Austin, which crashed off the axle stands into my Motorbike! Surprisingly there was more damage to the truck than the back of the Austin - I think being on stands helped as the truck bumper went under the Austin and the pointy rear of the car's body punched a nice dent in the relatively soft tailgate skin of the truck.
All part of life's rich tapestry - although I may have said something stronger at the time..