Classic/Antique Car Repair/1940 La Salle

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Expert: - 9/4/2009


Question
"Hello"
I have a 1940 LA Salle. Need to replace horn wire and top bearing.
Would also like to remove the column, but it look like it is pressed onto the gear box.
                                  Thanks  Gabe


Answer
According to my reference material this rig runs a Saginaw gear box. There should be a clamp around the lower part of the column where it slips over the gear box. the bolt for the clamp is usually underneath the column. Loosen the clamp and the column should slide off. Then you are home. The outer jacket probably will not have room to slide off the shaft with the gear box attached to the frame.
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All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

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Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

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Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

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More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

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