The packing for the steering rack can be made from 3x5 file cards, just cut to
width. Put several layers in the mounts until the rack doesn't move. Taking out
the radiator is helpful in doing this. You can find various air filters for your
Carter from K&N filter, just tell them what model it is. There is a web site for
K&N.
Roger Cotting
60 Sprite(2)
73 Midget
80 TR8
95Mitsu 3000GT
Eddie Sheffield wrote:
> Well, I took the Midget for it's first inspection. No pass. Several bad
> things, some simple, some not. Stupidest was I had the signal and brake
> light leads reversed on the passenger side. Doh! I had them working right,
> then later had to unhook them and reconnect and didn't pay enough attention
> afterward. The steering rack mount is bad. Looking through the catalogs I
> think it's just the "packing" as Vicky Brit calls it and it's really cheap,
> but looks like an aggravation to install. Driver side steering rack boot
> torn. Rear wheel cylinders leaking causing a soft pedal. My bad - I should
> have checked the brakes better myself. But I thought they just needed
> bleeding. And no air filter. I didn't think they would care about THAT. The
> think has a really oddball Carter carburetor setup on it with a homemade
> intake, and I have no idea how I could put a filter on it. I have the SUs to
> go on it and was planning on rebuilding and installing them anyway, so now I
> have a good excuse to hurry up and do it! Actually reassembled the first one
> tonight, then dismantled the second. Hope to get it cleaned and assembled
> this weekend.
>
> At least they didn't say anything about the king pin. Maybe the movement I
> was seeing before was really all in the rack motion.
>
> Feeling rejected,
>
> Eddie
> 1971 Midget
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