Work has officially begun! Unfortunately it's dark out but I've got a pretty good worklight to use. Came in for a break to eat dinner, but here's my progress so far:
Got the steering wheel off; my wood puller jig straight up crumbled, but fortunately there's always the BFH option
. Straightened up the puller as best possible, then sat on the seat and applied as much upward pressure as I could onto the wheel with my legs, and whacked the top of the puller bolt about 10 times. She loosened right up no problem.
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Also pulled the fiberglass cowl and dash tin; removed the ammeter as per
ironman's advice. Then the choke, then the throttle, and lastly the 3 screws (4th one is broke and I plan to drill/tap for replacement). Came right off no problem, removed grommet for around steering column and separated the tin and cowl. Turns out there's a lot of crud under there so good thing I can clean it!
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Next step is to remove the solenoid, my light switch, the key switch, 4 bolts holding the hydro shaft mounts, and the 4 main tower bolts. Tower should then come off no problem. Going back out to do a bit more work so should make a little more progress still.
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