Steering Column Cowling

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The two-piece steering column cowling that came with my car was detached from the steering column when I purchased my 65 MkI Tiger. I am completing a restoration on the car and cannot figure out how the two-piece cowling firmly attaches to the steering column. I have the two black half shell cowling pieces and two screws that hold the two pieces together loosely on the column. I would think something would hold them firmly to the steering column. One half of the cowling has 4 screw inserts closer to the dash end of the cowling. Is there some sort of strap that firmly attaches that half of the cowling to the steering column and then the other half of the shell attaches to that half with the screws I have? If so, what does the hardware look like that attaches the first have of the shell to the column? I may be missing parts that I will have to replicate or locate. Thanks for any help you can offer. After having been completely through the car I cannot believe that something seemingly so simple has stumped me! :confused:
 
Metal bracket

That attaches, about the steering collum, mine was just bobbling around when I got my car too. I have one I think how big a hurry are you in?
 
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steering

warren,
that's the piece that holds the steering column. the waist roll fastens to the two lower brackets. the surround has a strap that goes around the column and holds the top section to the column. the lower section is held to the top by small chrome bolts.
 
I'll look again

Its hard when you get your car parts in a nest of rodent poo in a trunk. It looks something like that and does have the stupid channel in it for the wiring and a screw to go thru just leave out the screw when you find it HOOkem. as it's screw easily attaches thru the wiring piercing it and grounding the whole mess.

We'd hate for you to be in for a surprise when you hook up the battery.:eek:
 
Thanks for all the advice gents. I ended up creating two straps that attach the top half to the steering column and it seems to hold it all on very firm.
 
Picture Worth a Thousand Words

I'm glad you were able to figure out how to attach the upper cowling to the steering column. The attachment is a snapshot of part of the parts book and shows the appropriate parts involved. Item 47 in the illustration is the piece it seems you have missing. It holds the upper cowl to the steering column with four screws and then the lower cowl is attached to the upper, also with screws. As Warren alluded to, there is another screw that goes up through the bottom cowl into the strap (item 47). You can just barely see the boss for this screw in the lower cowl in the illustration.
 
Manual

Hello, what parts book do you have HolyCat? As Warren said about receiving the car with a trunk full of parts in boxes with mouse turds is exactly how I bought my car. I have no idea how anything under the dash goes together and was wondering what a good manual would be to show me how to connect everything?

Thanks! -Kyle
 
Parts Book on CD

1fineAlpine said:
Hello, what parts book do you have HolyCat?
Thanks! -Kyle
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Kyle - The snapshot I posted came from a PDF file I have of Rootes Group's Parts Supplement for the SUNBEAM"260 and "289". It is Publication No. 6601334. It was on a CD of scans of various Tiger-related publications, including the Rootes workshop manual, the Alpine Parts book (which is what the Parts Supplement for the SUNBEAM "260" and "289" supplements). A friend bought it for me off eBay and I see them (or similar ones) offered from time to time. And no, I am not a seller and have no affiliation with the seller(s). I used my computer's Snipping Tool to capture the snapshot from the electronic PDF file.

By the way, the quality of some of the documents is not all that great (poor scanning or poor condition original document), but good enough to see and understand.

David
 
Pic

Here is another pic lifted from eBay you can see the channel where the wiring and the screw both compete for space. My car had a pointy sheet metal screw and it was a E fire waiting to happen.

I would have had to disassemble my car to show you back then. I know you have since made one.

Two fuses and the memory of a car that had had a dash E fire prompted me to return to this thread, oh and a eBay auction for the bit.
 
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