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Thank you for taking the time to write all the detail! I really appreciate it. You’re always so helpful. I’ll visit your website too. I will post a photo after I install the new wheel.
And I agree about BritishAutowood’s excellent product. I’ve received a couple different things from Saul over the years and was very impressed.
Danny,
do not overtighten the cream color plastic horn contact Rod or it will break and then you'll have a serious problem pulling it out. tighten it by hand until tight.
The original steering wheel is Wall Art. Hang it somewhere. Or save it for the next owner of the car. I still have my original XJ-6 wheel stored safely. I even have the original 18" inch steering wheel from my 1969 MG-B, my first car in 1969, and other goodies from the time.
I will be careful with the horn contact. Thank you for the guidance. I’m supposed to receive the new wheel today so I will probably install it this weekend. I will let the forum know how it goes and will post a picture.
Your MG wheel is really cool. My first car when I was 16 was a ‘74 Jensen Healey and they came with huge but thick steering wheels. Way too big for that small car. The wheels were not at all attractive either. My second Jensen Healey had a nice stock-looking, after market wheel that was smaller and much more sensible and much more attractive. Here are some pics so you can see what I mean. They aren’t my cars but are the exact wheels.
Car manufacturers before the ‘90’s sure loved making huge wheels!
Thank you for taking the time to write all the detail! I really appreciate it. You’re always so helpful. I’ll visit your website too. I will post a photo after I install the new wheel.
And I agree about BritishAutowood’s excellent product. I’ve received a couple different things from Saul over the years and was very impressed.
Danny
Danny: there is just one thing missing from Jose's accurate description of how to remove the wheel - and this is important:
There is a two-piece collet - a tapered piece that sits on the shaft; the collet is formed of two halves of a circle. As often as not, when you pull the wheel off the shaft the collet pieces fall to the floor. No matter. Just pick them up and fit them again to the shaft with the cut at 12 and 6 o'clock - that way they won't fall off as you fit the wheel - and place the collet with the tapered ends towards the driver.
The description of how to do all this takes longer than to do it! Just make sure that the car is placed with the wheels in the straight-ahead position before you start. If, by chance, your steering wheel has been slightly off-centre when the road wheels are straight, this is when you can correct that -because what you need to do is to observe this: on a flat road surface, going straight ahead, is the steering wheel slightly turned either to right or left? If so, note how many degrees it is off. This will enable you to put the road wheels straight before pulling the steering wheel off; you will, of course fit the new wheel on straight.
yes I just could not remember the name of those two half-moon pieces, in spanish they are called "CUÑAS". Also used in crankshaft harmonic balancers or dampers.
so if the cuñas keep falling you can "glue" them in place with a little Vaseline.
Like Gregory said, the low side of the cuñas goes towards the steering wheel.
I put my new steering wheel on this morning and I LOVE IT! It completely improves the driving experience having a thicker wheel.
Thank you again, Jose, for turning me on to this wheel. And thank you, Jose and Gregory, for the guidance on how to take off my old one and install the new one. You guys are the best!
looks awesome! I see the car has the black vacuumed-glued vinyl over the center console / shifter panel. Those are rare to see nowadays, since everyone wants to laminate them in wood and it ends up looking so tacky! My car still has it too.
...looks awesome! I see the car has the black vacuumed-glued vinyl over the center console / shifter panel. Those are rare to see nowadays, since everyone wants to laminate them in wood and it ends up looking so tacky! My car still has it too.
(fist to forehead trying to imagine Nix's shifter panel in wood)
OH that would look bad!
Not to my liking At All!
(';')
I’m surprised the entire dash and center console is beautiful wood but that one section where the radio goes and the air conditioning controls are is black. I think if the factory had made it wood to match the rest, it would be beautiful and go better with the rest of the car. But I wouldn’t change it because I’d be afraid it wouldn’t be a perfect match.
Jose: I think you need some glasses. The center console aka ski slope on XJDanny,s car is wood like the rest of his dashboard. It looks original to me as it matches the rest of his dash with the exception of the area where the radio goes.
"TACKY"? Really? To each his own. Not because a few may not like it, does not make it "tacky".
Does lumping a Jag make it tacky also? Maybe any aftermarket part or any part you install on a Jag that was not original to the car should also be tacky.
DON'T JUDGE 'BRO'.
03-03-2019, 06:23 PM
