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With my steering wheel rubbing, you can feel the steering wheel is rough/stiff to turn & a rough graunchy sound as you turn, not a squeaky sound. Your problem sounds different, maybe something just needs lubrication. Ps: does everyone see the big gaps above quoted posts ??

I'm not particularly keen on the new forum layout. There seeem to be big gaps above quotes. The Search does not seem to find all my posts & threads, if I go to My Profile & Find All Posts, it only find 2 recent threads & not old posts.

Spot on Frank, as usual. Unfortunately events have moved on with my car since I last posted. Back in December the steering wheel lock rubbing stopped of its own accord. Unfortunately in January I hadn't put the shrouds back on (what with the freezing weather & me slipping on ice & my arm...

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How does the lock pin work, related to the internals, compared to my external photos ?? .

I'll investigate. The lock bolts are just half under the instrument panel, pointing up & away at an angle, so I thought I'd have to remove the instrument panel to get them out. If they're not too tight and I use small screwdriver, wrench with screw bit & centrepunch, maybe I can remove...

Have a look at how the mechanism works, whether drilliing hole in bottom, spraying oil in, will work or may help ?? And, where is best place to drill hole to get best access to mechanism ?? It could be really simple to solve, bit of oil in right place. Thanks.

I've got access to the lock by taking off the column shrouds (didn't have to take off steering wheel). See photos below of all sides. Tried spraying some spray oil into lock and gaps on all sides, but no success, still rubbing. The column & lock are a very tight fit, so the gaps into...

When you take apart & get access, can you see how it works I wonder if it's the lock or key mechanism & how it releases it.

I think my steering wheel lock may be rubbing on the steering movement. Just before driving I was having trouble releasing lock with key. The steering feels heavy, not as smooth as should be. I can hear something rubbing when turning steering wheel when stationary. Is it easy to...

Hello there. Had a thought about these comments few months back. The car isn't losing any coolant, but still losing oil. So would that still tally with your possible explanations ?? If you were losing oil, wouldn't you likely lose coolant as well ?? I would have thought coolant loss...

Well I didn't think I was losing oil during the journeys. On couple of journeys I checked oil 3-4 times during the journey & it wasn't going down. It was maybe days or a week afterwards that I found oil had strangely just disappeared, which didn't seem to make sense. I didn't change valve...

On mine the Pressure cap is on the radiator. If too much pressure, the cap opens coolant goes out top into a tube which goes to a tank to the side (Expansion Tank/Catch Tank -same thing ??). The "Tank" has an overflow which goes to side of radiator. When my system was overheating the...

Is the coolant level in Expansion Tank gradually going down from previous level, when engine has cooled down after runs ?? If you are losing some coolant, the level in Expansion Tank must go down & eventually the level in Radiator will go down from previous level (when engine cooled down). .

Yes, hearing bubbling when engine stopped happened with my car. When this bubbling has happened, have you quickly jumped out to check expansion tank ?? Are you losing water from Radiator (maybe top 2 inches, check when car cooled down) ?? Are you losing water from Expansion Tank ...

Topped up oil to max level on dipstick. Reconnected the vacuum hose on distributor which had come off. (can't see this being related to original problem) Made 90 mile return journey. Checked oil day after journey & oil level looks ok, still at max level. Looks ok for now. Ps...

The oil level hadn't changed during the journey. Checked it twice during journey & at the end, it was ok & about same level, which was noticably higher today when I checked a week later after car was parked. .

The mystery deepens I was checking a few minutes after engine stopped to see if I was losing oil during journey. The oil level doesn't change much after a few minutes. As far as I could tell oil level was about same during jouney as at start, so don't think I was losing oil during journey...

Puzzling Well, I've just done 90 miles in the car. Checked oil level at beginning, end & 2 times during journey. Oil level looked ok each time I checked, didn't seem to have gone down !!! This is weird, as I'm not sure where oil disappeared previous 2 times it disappeared and I'm talking...

I'll have a look under the car. I haven't touched sump & haven't seen any oil drips under car, that's what's puzzling. .