Whew, went to the pick and pull on Sykes Rd in Virginia Beach. On the way I managed to avoid the consequences of a big rig blowout. I was behind the truck and saw the bulge in the right rear trailer tire. I quickly moved over two lanes to get clear of possible debris. The tire blew .5 mile later.
Got to the yard and the car I was going to pull the rack out of was gone
. Not many manual racks left in salvage yards, but I found another 91 Civic hatch but that one had the engine and transmission still in the car.
The column was locked so I just took it out, tie rods had no cotter keys, got them both loose. Getting the rack out of the car was a pain, so I just took out the whole crossmember. Hand tools, in muddy water, lying on my side, on a spare tire ain't good for this old man. When I finally got it off the guy tells me 12 bucks for the crossmember so I pulled the rack out and left it there.
Traffic was light, last Friday something broke off the ceiling on the eastbound tunnel and carswere stuck there for 4 hours, today it was a breeze.
$71, got the whole column steering stalk switches, everything I need to put this in the 3 wheeler.
regards
Mech