Rubber Boot on Steering Col

[cняis]

If not, remove the lower half of the ign stalk surround and disconnect all the wiring plugs from the stalks & ign switch. Now undo the allen bolt you can see under the column into the metal ign switch surround, release the steering lock, grab the steering wheel and pull it towards you, the entire column will come out

its worth bearing in mind that the column is telescopic, so if the spline on the bottom of the column wont reach all the way into your UJ when refitting, then no doubt the column has shortened itself during/after removal! might need a hammer to extend it again as it will probably be stiff. my old project spent 6 months with no column fitted for precisely this reason, and i couldnt work out why!   :embarassed: 

[AJH1973]

Thanks for all the advice- I'll post an update once I get it done!
The part itself was £28 from GPC.

Hopefully this is about the last job to get the car back to being pretty much as it left the production line- well other than the lowered suspension, stainless steel exhaust and modified air intake that is 

[rubjonny]

good point, there is an easy way to extend it though!  bolt up the botrtom of the UJ to the rack, then the uj loosely to the column without bolting it anywhere else.  fit the wheel loose then give it a few tugs, this will extend it