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D110 resto-slight mod

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Hello all. I have been around here for along time with my own D90, but my son wanted a 110 as a first car. I told him no and he found a sweet deal. Being the pushover that I am, we imported a truck for him. Anyway, he has 2 years to get it up and running.

These are the major short term goals.
1. Get a tire-tube that will work as we have one that is flat. Did not know these are tubed. Wow.
2. Put one of my old reman steering boxes in and get power steering back.
3. Figure out what to do about getting disk brakes on the rear. Also did not realize the rears were drum.

Long term goals.
1. Pull the motor and rebuild
2. Fix the dents and paint it a cool color.
3. Fix up the interior. Make it safer, including an internal or external roll cage. Not sure how we are going to go on this.
4. Add HVAC.
Anyway, we will be posting updates.

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rdavisinva
What engine do you have?
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Wondering can be traced to many causes,
If you wiggle the steering wheel with the key on to prevent steering shaft lock, you'll be able to feel the position where the wheel moves freely without any resistance.
The free movement is your steering play.
Next trace the free play from the first steering shaft U-joint down through the steering box and on out through all the rods out to the wheels.
Somewhere along the way you'll see the play and fix the culprit one at a time until the play is gone.
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