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« Reply #1170 on: March 24, 2009, 10:06:00 AM » |
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Ain't technology wonderful! Got to try the spare Pop steering box first cos it might just be that the first one's knackered. If it's still heavy though we'll move on to the power option. I bought the column from one guy on Ebay & a circuit board thingy from another that's designed to replicate all the signals from the Corsa's electrical system to enable us to just bolt it in -maybe.
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« Reply #1171 on: March 24, 2009, 10:26:46 AM » |
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"cos it might just be that the first one's knackered."
or it might be because the column's not secured and the box 'aint greased
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« Reply #1172 on: March 24, 2009, 11:06:26 AM » |
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Yeah, that's what I told you Steve! And you're the one who sent me the link to the power column. It'll be interesting to have a play with anyway.
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« Reply #1173 on: March 25, 2009, 01:46:53 PM » |
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Quick update
Prop Flange, Done Pin,Done Gearknob, working on (and hope it is unmarked when I take the wrapper off) Panhard Rod Boss, Done Carb adaptor plate, To be done Bearings, Done
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« Reply #1174 on: March 25, 2009, 04:02:31 PM » |
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That's great Doc. Thank you.
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« Reply #1175 on: April 06, 2009, 09:03:39 PM » |
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The Corsa column finally arrived via Ebay today. I'm really hoping the spare Pop steering box will do the trick & we won't have to use this, cos it looks scarily complicated. I bought a circuit board from another Ebay seller, that's supposed to do away with the need for the Corsa's computer ECU gizzmos & run the column straight off the ignition power supply. We'll see. Roughly the same length as the adapted Moggy Minor column, but much bulkier. I'm not even sure we've got the room to fit it. Again, we'll see. I won't get a chance to get over to Loony's workhop till next week now, so will keep you informed.
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« Reply #1176 on: April 06, 2009, 09:31:17 PM » |
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The Corsa column finally arrived via Ebay today. I'm really hoping the spare Pop steering box will do the trick & we won't have to use this, cos it looks scarily complicated. I bought a circuit board from another Ebay seller, that's supposed to do away with the need for the Corsa's computer ECU gizzmos & run the column straight off the ignition power supply. We'll see. Roughly the same length as the adapted Moggy Minor column, but much bulkier. I'm not even sure we've got the room to fit it. Again, we'll see. I won't get a chance to get over to Loony's workhop till next week now, so will keep you informed.
saw one of these fitted to a rally car the other weekend, looked quite neat, it had a small black box fitted under the dash with only a couple of wires going to it.
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« Reply #1177 on: April 06, 2009, 09:44:58 PM » |
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Forgot to add the photo. Done now. Did it look like this Tony?
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« Reply #1178 on: April 06, 2009, 09:47:36 PM » |
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Sweet, lazy steering is the way forward.
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« Reply #1179 on: April 06, 2009, 10:11:27 PM » |
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Taz's Dodge Charger has power steering & that was built 40 years ago. We've got very little leg/foot room in the Pop cab, so it may not fit, but we'll try.
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« Reply #1180 on: April 07, 2009, 07:17:17 AM » |
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Forgot to add the photo. Done now. Did it look like this Tony?
Yes, looks like it came from the same car (Corsa) did not have time to ask how it worked as it was about 6.30 on the Sunday morning and we had about another 30 cars lined up to check.
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« Reply #1181 on: April 07, 2009, 07:54:35 AM » |
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« Reply #1183 on: April 07, 2009, 11:39:55 AM » |
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That's exactly what I thought! Shaun, I'm really hoping that's all it is -with a bit of forward motion I'm hoping it'll free up & be O.K. Just a bit unexpected that it really wouldn't turn at all when stationary. I used to own Moggy Minors a few years back, which obviously didn't have power steering. Don't remember them being quite so bad, but then they weren't running V8 motors. I grabbed the Corsa column from Ebay while it was there, more as a Plan B than anything else. Like I said, really hoping I don't have to use it & we can stick with a traditional setup. There must be much heavier cars about without power assistance. If I had to go with the bionic arm I'd panel it in out of sight.
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« Reply #1184 on: April 07, 2009, 06:37:44 PM » |
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Jumped into my mates Citroen C15 van to go to the shop and couldn't believe how heavy the steering was
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