Today was the first day in months that we weren't working on attaching panels and tapping little screw holes. It felt great to get back to the big stuff. Our first order of business was to figgure out a path for the steering. We started by attaching the ****tershield and valve covers to the dummy engine so that we knew how big everything would be on final ***embly. When we figgured out the placement of the wheel in the ****pit, the steering shaft will have to p*** between the left valve cover and the intake. The steering reverser will fit on the drivers side of the firewall to provide clearance for the steering joints and to keep their angles to a minimum. We drilled the firewall. The steering reverser was drilled and tapped to attach to the brackets. The angle iron brackets were drilled to attach to the reverser and the firewall The reverser was installed. Here's a photo of it protruding through the firewall. The br*** tube in the pic is just a piece we used to determine shaft lengths. Then I came home and ordered a bunch of steering joints, flange bearings, and steering wheel quick disconnects. ****! that stuff is expensive.!!!!
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