Thanks Doc. That's good to know. In a good news, bad news news kind of way.
The first thing I did when I started working on the WMB was to replace the 90's vintage Cadillac steering column that had been installed with a factory column. The lingering issue from the PO's installation of the Cadillac column is that he bolted the column in with metric bolts.
When I swapped columns I ended up having to reuse those same bolts. The captive nuts are damaged enough that the correct bolts will no longer thread into them. So every time I have to put a wrench to them I'm afraid the threads are going to strip.
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Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help.
RIP Bob Parks.
1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo
If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place
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