I have some spares for fixed and variable ratio boxes. If there is a Pick-N-Pull wrecking yard near you it may be your best bet for a new (used) sector shaft. If you read my other thread you can see what boxes interchange parts with. Find a Jeep or Camaro box and make yours quick ratio (read...
Here is another thread to look at. https://7173mustangs.com/threads/playing-with-steering-boxes-spa-s-fixed-ratio-spa-af-variable-ratio-firebird-12-7.25635/
I’d do a thread insert or helicoil. DO NOT have the first time you install one be on your own engine. Practice on some scrap steel first if you are dead set on doing it yourself.
Preferably find a machinist or mechanic familiar with them.
Lots of ways to screw them up, but done right they...
The thing with pools/spas is just because the water looks good does not mean it is. When I was in the business we made a lot of repair calls to people who tuned their pool water “by eye”. If you get the PH and total alkalinity way off the pool can look clear but be eating your heater heat...
Honestly I don’t know, been a while since I machined any and I wanted to brush up on it. Took about 5x longer than if I would have used aluminum and twice as long as stainless.
In the end the 12” shifter weighed less than the 7.5” steel one out of a Celica. Got it up high enough to feel right...
Making jets? Drill one and check it. I don’t think you will be oversize. Might be fussing over nothing and the set screw costs less than a dollar.
You might be surprised what a quality chuck will do for reducing runout. Figure out what taper your spindle is and get a ball bearing Jacob’s...
If you want to go down the power steering rabbit hole… https://7173mustangs.com/threads/playing-with-steering-boxes-spa-s-fixed-ratio-spa-af-variable-ratio-firebird-12-7.25635/#post-262596
Wild- that is about twice what I paid a few years ago.
It’s too bad David isn’t active on the board anymore. I think he bought all the stuff to crimp and rebuild bendix boosters.
I know that Booster Dewey isn’t actually Booster Dewey anymore, he sold the shop.