Berlinetta restoration

[cameronfurnival]

Re: Steering rack overahul

Thats insanely cheap! I will get on to them - many thanks.

[scott h]

Re: Steering rack overahul

A quick search came up with this at £35 http://www.livingstonautoparts.co.uk...981/Parts.aspx

So I would say it's not worth the hassle. Try your local motor factor.

[cameronfurnival]

I am now the new owner of a Berlinetta! The good news is I can get out of the car without resorting to an impression of a hermit crab moving shells. The car has been well built and apart from the paint work (which is dreadful - a professional respray was undertaken several years ago and its lifting and peeling!) and a bit of fiddling I'm hoping to get it motd fairly quickly.

I have filled the leaks in the exhaust with putty but intend to have a nice new exhaust pretty soon. I cured the fallen passenger door with a bit of spannering and derusted and hammerited some water damage at the B posts. So I reckon its time to put her in for a test and see what transpires. I have noticed a split in the gaiter of the steering rack and giving the wheels a hard jiggle shows up some play - probably in the rack itself I fear. Its not much but I bet it will be enough to fail - at least they will tell me which bit needs work. So there's my first question, how difficult is it to rebuild a cortina rack - or is it not worth the effort? I searched my old Haynes manuals and dont have anything suitable to compare with so if anyone has the relavant bit that I can photocopy I would be most grateful - a purchase is already underway but I can never wait that long!

PS Nice to meet so may of you at stoneleigh
PPS heres a pic of it from several years ago

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