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[TR] Tr2 or tr3 steering boot install tips anyone?

Subject: [TR] Tr2 or tr3 steering boot install tips anyone?
From: yellowtr at adelphia.net (Bob Labuz)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:46:20 -0400
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Chris,

There should be a metal clip, welded to the side of the firewal,l in 
which you are supposed to tuck in the left side of the boot. This is 
looking towards the firewall. That should hold the boot in place.

Bob

On 03/27/2012 07:35 AM, Chris Simo wrote:
> The engine bay is painted and the engine is back in its place.
>
> Now to install the boot. The old one was a swollen hard nugget of black
> goo.
>
> Short of using lots of contact cement are there any words of wisdom?
>
> My column is in place so I slit the boot at the bottom and used black Max
> to glue it back together.
>
> On the firewall, there is only one screw  near the top and no insert in the
> lower hole. I'm not sure if it's used for the install.
>
> Do you trim/cut the boot to slide the edge in the metal slot bracket thing
> on the firewall.

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