Steering Rack

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The patient awaits surgery. You can see part of the block & tackle setup holding my bonnet upright.
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nice view
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Passenger side of the steering rack.
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Driver's side of the steering rack. This is the side with the broken mount.
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Lotta bugs in the teeth there.
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a shot of my alternator wiring so I remember to put it back correctly!
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The big empty spot where the rack was. The new mounts are in place. We only had to remove the radiator fan, not the whole radiator thankfully.
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Another view.
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The rack, off the car and on the bench.
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There is a bit of free play on the passenger side. Oh well... off to Terry's for a rebuild.
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Getting ready to put the rack back in. It was shipped from Terry's Jaguar in the big cardboard box in the lower left.
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Nice rack! On the work bench. I had noted the dimensions of the rack and tie rod ends before shipping it off to Illinois for the rebuild. Here I put the tie rod ends back on as close to where they were before.
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The new mounts. That short bolt in the middle of the frontmost mount is the one that gave me the most trouble once the rack went in.
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The rack back in the car. Not all the way bolted on yet though.
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Rack in, radiator fan back on, alternator on, wheels on... getting ready to put the bonnet back on.