El Caballero Build Getting Back Underway!

[@fasteddy917]

Great to see 'Not Austin Carr' Austin back again. I think that you have provided the reason your father-in-law let you have the steering columns. Wonderful video once again.

[@jodysmith8048]

Happy to see another video on the El Caballero I can just imagine the El Caballero is going to be one sweet ride when it's all done

[@jamespn]

Glad you’re back on the Caballero, nice work.

[@ronlynch7744]

Details in the steering column, cool. 😎👍😎

[@terryeustice5399]

Just awesome work on the steering column. Your a very smart man. Thank you for sharing

[@normangallant9879]

That brought me a lot of memories.

[@henryg683]

That air box on the vette looking like it’s from the factory it came out amazing!!!!

[@Turningwrenches85]

Good progress on the Caballero. Austin is doing a great job there

[@jeffdumas7118]

You do very amazing work at Santa work shop Mike .

[@marksaunders2500]

Hi from uk Mike @ SW thanks for showing you skills to the younger generation👍 austin should be talented like yourself after the mentoring👌 and yeh if tomorrow ever comes we will have that tidy up 5 S's in place 👉 sort, set in order, shine, standardize and sustain yeah rite 😂 I always say to my boss that if am cleaning am not working so when am not working I will clean 😂 then we have to hunt for stuff cos everything away and we never know where its at again😂 lol great job stripping the columns to 👍 fidley jobs a so good (when someone else is doin it) 😂 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon👍👋

[@bigsmith7349]

She's coming along nice your doing a fantastic job bringing her back to life

[@christopherjohnson520]

I forgot about the license plate delete for the smooth back bumper that has the place to hang tag! Looking good

[@Oklawolf]

I remember the first time I took apart one of those columns. I had no spring compressor and didn't think I needed one so I just went right at the clip. Sproooooing! Even for a guy my size getting that clip back on again was a bear. I bought the tool immediately afterwards.

[@ianwalls4976]

What an awesome episode thankyou 🦌 can not wait for the next installment amazing

[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

Been waiting for this video awhile, so glad it's here, watching now

[@AutoAuctionRebuilds]

That tailgate looks niiiice!! The steering column looks like a bear though!

[@SantasWorkshop]

Nah! I can do it in my sleep………. Nightmares though!

[@haskellburks]

Hello Mike aka Santa's Workshop. Looks like you're finally getting some more work done on the Elcaberia.

[@terryl6706]

Great to see Austin on your channel,I have a 94 Ranger I’m working on.I never realized parts would be such an issue.

[@SantasWorkshop]

I’m not so sure it’s mainly parts but the shipping services are ridiculous lately!

[@richardirish2153]

It’s good to see some progress on the EL Caballero! Austin seems to be a quick learner and you are a great teacher! I wish you were able to have more young people learning from you! Thanks!

[@EnriqueLopez-hb5jn]

Great to see the Caballero getting Finished, at the time you were working on some other products hope everybody is ok☝🏽👆👍👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@ronwig7665]

Your the man micheal ,keep up the good videos

[@Rep2369]

Awesome vid. Watching automotive channels I've seen steering columns pulled before but never taken apart or rebuilt. Very cool! I wish I had 10% of your talent/skills! :)

[@jannekaanta2884]

Wonderful video, and just 1K to 20K. Almost there. 👍❤️👍

[@billhayes8526]

Mike, while you are modifying the column for the floor shifter, you should take the ignition and instead of a key, you should change it to a push button :-)

[@ruwithlee1970]

I found putting a washer on the backside of the Riv-nut is good protection from pulling out.

[@timmystimmer537]

Nice work mike!

[@LunarOutlawsGarage]

It’s back🤘

[@SantasWorkshop]

👍😁👍

[@kirkacola7942]

I think you should keep the safety on the steering columns also Austin did a great job on the tailgate... Great video like always😎👍🏻

[@SantasWorkshop]

Actually the new shifter I’m looking at has it built in!

[@kirkacola7942]

@@SantasWorkshop that's goooood to hear Santa! 🤠

[@robbiestillwell6069]

Love your channel keep up the good video's

[@davidlilly3564]

Hi Santa good luck my friend. Hey santa. Portland Oregon got snow for the first time in history.

[@SantasWorkshop]

Wow!

[@davidlilly3564]

Thank you. And your welcome. I think old man winter is still here.

[@chuckcarguy2651]

I like your video great technical expertise shown. I've always shot away from electrical if you want to include a steering column in that. I like your approach direct to the point easy going. I like to work bench. Is that chair from the '40s or '50s or what? Reminds me of growing up and my dad's shop I think here we had then was black upholstery same type of office chair. I think still in the back some place. I like how you don't edit the tape please on this one and you said oh I forgot and remove that plastic piece down the bottom and honest and straightforward. Your friend Austin did a good sell job and this is the first video of years I've watched I'm sure watch some more. I encourage others to subscribe like I did. I found the steering column tear down very informative and interesting. That's why I subscribed.

[@SantasWorkshop]

Welcome to the channel! I'm not sure of the age of the chair i just know it was old when we got it back in the 80's!

[@amadeo_serrano]

Question for you, Michael: If you go with a floor shift, won't the shifter come with a neutral safety switch designed for the floor shifter? Such a shifter assembly (like a B&M) would save having to worry about adapting the switch and, in theory, make the logistics of the job easier

[@SantasWorkshop]

Good question! I am look at the B&M quicksilver shifter but I have considered using a shifter out of another vehicle and might end up having to use the rod. I most likely will go with the B&M.

[@TheOcculus]

You can do it the same way GM did with the manual transmission vehicles. The cab harness didn't change between the automatic transmission vehicles and the manual transmission vehicles. The Clutch safety switch had a manual transmission pigtail that plugged into the clutch switch and the dangling Neutral Safety Switch plug. The backup lamps were handled the same way. Three on the tree had the same column switch as the automatics. Otherwise GM had adapter pigtails that plugged into the backup lamp switch plug at the base of the column and ran to the backup lamp switch on the transmission. Assuming B&M or Hurst or ... have the backup lamp and neutral safety switch in the floor mounted shifter you can make up a pigtail. The cab harness plugs at the bottom of the column are Packard 56 female.

[@TheOcculus]

An interesting piece of trivia that you are no doubt aware of. The harmonica plug on the GM turnsignal switch pigtail is pinned the same from roughly 1978 through at least 1993 in the light trucks and fullsize cars. Quite possibly the mid size cars as well. The ElCamino and Cabellaro is classed as a Light Truck. It's mentioned in several of the CK RV G & P light truck manuals. All four bright filaments in the Turn/Park lamps are on separate terminals in the harmonica plug. This separates the rear bright lamp opposite the flashing turn so it stays lit without flashing and the forward bright filaments don't come on with the brake lamps. GM didn't have to install separate turnsignal bulbs in the rear along with two additional wires running the length of the vehicle. Your tail lamp harness is literally four wires off the bulkhead plug instead of six saving GM the additional copper for the wires and the bulb sockets and the larger lamp housings. The column mounted dimmer and wiper controls don't pass wires through the harmonica plug. The other odd thing you'll notice about the turns is the side markers in the front flash with the turn when the parking lamps are off and flash opposite the turn when the parking lamps are on. GM Electrical Engineers didn't provide a ground to the side markers. The filament power is from Turnsignal hot to Parking lamp hot. This makes the 1157 bulb filaments the circuit to ground til power is applied to both wires making the side marker go dark. Since the polarity of each wire changes you have to use a tungsten filament 168 bulb not regular LED bulbs in this socket. The column mounted dimmer tilt columns are more plentiful. Moving to the column switches is fairly easy ... dimmer (three wires) and the wiper controls (four wires all grounds, Ground HI LO OFF, you bend over and heatshrink the end of the gray instrument panel lamp wire for the dash switch). The delay wiper setup is much easier to come by and install for the column mounted switch. Install the delay switch and control module. Plugs into the same plug as the not delay switch. The additional wires on the delay wiper switch plug are your delay resistors for the pulse box.

[@SantasWorkshop]

Very useful info that I will soon need!!!

[@danawick9817]

great video the only thing i cant get are the tilt bearings seems everytime i take apart a column the steering wheel is all wonkie.

[@whistlingdiesel]

I wonder if it's worth the waiting time for the broken steering column plastic ring. Just glue it together. Listen to me, quality work always pays 😁😁

[@SantasWorkshop]

I will gladly wait for all new parts because I do NOT want to tear back into it!!!!

[@Jimsathome]

Glad to see progress on the El Caballero again Mike. Actually I like almost all of your projects, but wish the focus to be on Jim's 55 as he's a paying Customer who deserves results first. I know you want to flip the Vette for some cash to fund your other projects, but it seems to have bogged down a lot. I remember it was supposed to be a "Quick" Flip.😉

[@SantasWorkshop]

Jim, progress on all projects are down right now waiting for parts and tools (line straighteners for Jim’s, ac parts for vette) so I am filling those gaps with what I can do with what I have in hand.

[@adamfrizzell9904]

Randy told me from auction Rebuilders to add you after he gave you that car truck is what I call him I've decided I wanted to watch so there you go

[@SantasWorkshop]

Glad your here!!

[@999thenewman]

Keep with the safety features. No regrets there.

[@loganlovescarsandmotorcycles]

Three questions. What is the best way to repair quarter rust for the guy with no experience or money? What is a good brand of rust converter/killer? How much weight can a full frame car with an LT1 tow? No we don't scrap cars with solid frames, good engine, and interior because the body has a little rust.

[@SantasWorkshop]

Question 1 There are many ways to “repair” which is only a temporary fix. The only way to repair rust is to fully cut out the affected area and replace the panels. As far as no experience, by the time your done you will have experience!!! 2 POR 15 is the best I have found so far! 3 Engine size isn’t as important as what the suspension can handle. You should be able to find that info on the door pillar on the drivers side.

[@loganlovescarsandmotorcycles]

@@SantasWorkshop Thank you. It's a '94 Roadmaster Sedan. I was told it will tow like a truck so I should be able tow tent trailer, small boat, or the motorcycle. Of course that is something I have never done before. As someone fairly ignorant to most things automotive I appreciate any help.

[@henryg683]

Mike isn’t that shifter part of the neutral safety switch??? Be careful you don’t want it starting in drive!!!!

[@SantasWorkshop]

The B&M shifter I am look at has the safety switch integrated in it!

[@mouradsadni4768]

Again , you doing great job , nobody will do at any price .

[@wrenchinwithgrandpa4586]

Great content, lord I don’t want to do steering column!

[@johnbarnes9379]

Santy i would love to have even 5% of your experience/ knowledge

[@chrislemaster2695]

Its 45 up here in Peoria IL sanata

[@SantasWorkshop]

We got frost last night and 80’s tomorrow! No wonder my sinuses never clear up!!!!!

[@73amx63]

Age old question. Metalwork, epoxy primer, filler or Metalwork, filler, primer?

[@SantasWorkshop]

That’s a good question! I am old school so I still bare metal, filler then primer. I need to learn more about the epoxy primer since that is what I will be using!

[@73amx63]

@@SantasWorkshop I am going to have a guy do some metal work on the bed side where the coffin rails might have gone. It looks like the moon there and I suspect someone make have put tonneu cover snaps there at one point. After the metal work, I am going to have him stop, will blast it, lay on some PPG Epoxy primer DP-90, then have him apply filler and sand. It will seal and encapsulate the metal.

[@francoisgiroid6153]

can you imagine how rediculous the column is on some of the new cars

[@tommywvcacher]

You would be an awesome instructor at a vo-tech school.

[@SantasWorkshop]

I tried, they wouldn’t have me!

[@tommywvcacher]

@@SantasWorkshop Their loss for sure!

[@kfm908]

steering columns always scared me.They test your memory for sure

[@larzDJ]

You DESERVE to be at 50k subscribers and I cannot wait till that happens! Can I send you something at the PO Box or do I need an actual address?

[@SantasWorkshop]

P.O. Box will work just fine! Thank you!!

[@wrenchinwithgrandpa4586]

If I had a dollar for every lock ring I fought, I could buy a gallon of gas!😢🤔🤣

[@chrislemaster2695]

YOU COULD MAKE IT A THREE ON THE TREE

[@SantasWorkshop]

Oh heck no!!!!

[@timleister6505]

Why not add a quick release steering wheel and column and go with a 4 speed manual tranny. My wife’s sister lives in Byers and there is a 69 chevelle in the area that should have a 4 speed tranny in it that you could use. Lol

[@SantasWorkshop]

Nah! I’m pretty sure I know that chevelle and he has to replace the one in it!🤣

[@Mustang00007]

Your a tradesman thats for sure, tick, but speed up the process mate would be good.

[@SantasWorkshop]

Sorry, between waiting on parts, making money to buy parts, keeping myself healthy and the hard truth that doing something right takes time, I’m doing the best I can!

[@phillipmiller6747]

I really enjoy your videos but your a heavy breather. Perhaps moving your mic to one side will help or a fuzzy rat sock over your mic. Keep up the good work.

[@SantasWorkshop]

I have tried all the above but asthma and allergies are my life apparently.

[@phillipmiller6747]

Ugh, tell me about it. I get that way when I go over some of the passes here in Colorado. Over 10000 feet is hard on everyone.