This page contains material from the July 2001 newsletter.

EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: Wednesday July 11th, 7:30 PM Galles Chevrolet, Lomas & University THIS MONTH: Dues Due Sylvan Zuercher New Members Sylvan Zuercher June Meeting Notes Chuck Vertrees Board Meeting Notes Chuck Vertrees Driver's Seat Hurley Wilvert Coming Events Everybody CNM Ladies Anne Mae Gold August Campout Debbie Deck Cars and Parts For Sale Everybody Seven Years Ago Jim Pittman Mystery Tour Report Mark Domzalski TECHNICAL: Oil Filler Cap Del Patten Positive Approach to Caster Brent Covey COVER: CNM's June Mystery Tour - photos by Jim Pittman === Dear Tech Support, Last month I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and I soon noticed problems with the program. For example, it started making unexpected changes to the Accounting modules, limiting access to Flowers 3.4 and Jewelry 2.1, programs that had been operating flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0. In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many valuable programs such as Romance 9.1 and Dining 5.1 but installed several undesirable programs such as NFL 5.0 and NBA 3.0. I find that Conversation 8.2 is very difficult to start up, and trying to run Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. Is there a fix for Husband 1.0 that I can apply, or should I consider upgrading to Boyfriend 6.0? Signed: Desperate Wife === Dues Expired or Due or Approaching Due: David Patten 04/2001 Boedean Belt 05/2001 Dennis Pleau 05/2001 Terry Price 05/2001 Ben Abeyta 06/2001 Mark Morgan 06/2001 Dan Post 06/2001 Robert Gold 07/2001 Will Davis 08/2001 Sylvan Zuercher 08/2001 Jack Bryan 09/2001 Ron Deck 09/2001 Lee Olsen 09/2001 Del Patten 09/2001 If your membership is due or has expired, please send your dues to: Wendell Walker, CNM Treasurer, 301 Utah Meadow, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 Note: the Club will mail in your National dues when you renew, but only if you send us the renewal form from CORSA Communique! The CORSA Home Page: http://www.corvair.org CNM's home page: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter871 Add to Mailing list: James Hogarth, CORSA Western Director 17-41449 Government Road Squamish, BC Canada VON 3GO New Member: Anthony and Tamara Couture 2804 Utah NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 505-237-2959 Tony has a yellow 1964 Convertible with a luggage rack on the engine cover. Presumably it is firmly bolted down, welded on or otherwise securely fastened. There are several Corvair owners who would be happy to have a rack to install on their own little jewels. Welcome to CNM, Tony and Tamara. We are looking forward to have you at our meetings and other events. -- Sylvan === JUNE MEETING NOTES Chuck Vertrees President Hurley Wilvert called the meeting to order at Galles Chevrolet at 19:30. All officers were present except VP Robert Gold. Also present was our sponsor Joe Trujillo. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter. Sylvan Zuercher announced that we had some new members, Gordon Johnson, his wife Barbara and also their son Steve. They were introduced when they arrived shortly thereafter. Treasurer Wendell Walker announced that CNM has $209.29 in the checking account and $5,502.96 in the Money Market account for a total worth of $5,712.25. There was no Car Council report since both of our representatives were out of town at the time of the meeting. Mark Domzalski reported that the CORSA elections showed a very good turnout of voters this time. Our new district representatives are: Eastern Division: Rich Jenkins; Central Division: Bill Pearson and Bob Hill; and Western Division: James Hogarth. The agenda for St. Charles includes the transfer of the President's mantle, which we suspect Mark is looking forward to. There are 14 board members right now, which should make for a productive meeting. The Pikes Peak Racing Museum in Manitou Springs would like to lease space for the Corvair Museum. This will be looked into, with the possibility of other orphan makes joining together. Joe Trujillo announced that there will be a car show at Galles Chevrolet on Saturday, June 30th. He would like to have some Corvairs in the show. Cars should arrive at 8:30 AM. Galles will supply lunch and there will be cash prizes. Show time is 10:00 to 3:00. Please call Joe if you are going to enter. There were reports on the Tri-State and a good time was had by all. The trip up on Thursday was interesting with the rainy weather, but as Mark said, "But it was a wet rain." Jerry Goffe has the Mystery Tour set. The date was discussed and was finally set for the 23rd, which is a Saturday. We'll meet at Bien Mur at 10:00 AM. It will take about an hour and a half to do the run and it will end at a restaurant for lunch. Bring a pencil, clip board, and navigator. Ella Sanchez, daughter of Milton Sanchez, recently died after a long illness. For the newer members of CNM, Milton was our Ed Black's Chevrolet sponsor for many years and was a long-time member of CNM. A card was sent to the family. The new CNM patch was discussed. We are now out of our old patches which we have had for many years. The new one will have the same basic design as the license plate. Steve Gongora has found a new source. They will supply an embroidered patch rather than a silk-screen patch, which we can sell to the membership for $7.00. The Diamond Jubilee celebration for Route 66 was discussed. The whole thing looks to us as if it is a total mess at this time. The entry fee for the car display has been dropped from $40 to $20. The question is, how many will pay this amount to show their car at the Fair Grounds when the Spectators will have to pay for parking and possibly for admission. The cars should be displayed on Route 66, not inside the Fair Grounds! Someone asked whether Knob Hill has arranged for a display. Steve and Jerry will check into that and report to the board. The meeting was adjourned at 20:17. The meeting was followed by a presentation by Hyman Eisenberg on how to obtain a title for a car that doesn't have one. === BOARD MEETING NOTES Chuck Vertrees The meeting was called to order at House of Covers at 17:10 on 6/20/01. Present were Sylvan Zuercher, Jim Pittman, Steve Gongora and Chuck Vertrees. Three officers were out of town. There was no Treasurer's report. The minutes of the last board meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter. The first item for discussion was "What is CNM going to do for the Route 66 anniversary." It was agreed that we were not interested in trying to go to the Fair Grounds and paying $20 to show a car where the spectators would have to pay to enter. It was agreed that something in the Knob Hill district would be more appropriate. Basically the Knob Hill district is Central Avenue from Carlisle to about Washington. Steve has been in contact with a lady from the Knob Hill Committee. She called Steve during the meeting and they discussed the possibility of blocking off the 100 block of Richmond NE -- the block House of Covers is on -- and having the car show there. She will let Steve know if the city will cooperate with this idea. Steve reported that the new CNM patches are on order, and he has received confirmation. Next we discussed upcoming events. This coming Saturday, the 23rd, is the Mystery Tour and the following Saturday, the 30th, is the car show at Galles Chevrolet. We need to promote the Galles show at the Mystery Tour so CNM will have a good turnout for Joe Trujillo. July is a pretty busy month. There is the Santa Fe Car Show on the Plaza on Wednesday July 4th, the Old Route 66 cleanup on Saturday the 14th, and the Santa Fe VMCCA annual picnic on Saturday the 28th. It will be at Jemez Falls this year because there just isn't any shade at Cochiti. We should mention this in more detail at the next meeting because it is a pretty fun event, as those of us who have attended in the past can attest. Of course, the big July event is the International Convention in St Charles (Chicago) in the latter half of July. As far as I know, there are only three CNM members going to the convention. August has the CNM campout at Ruth Boydston's on the 11th and 12th and the Car Council annual picnic at the Elks' Refuge in the Sandias. This is (I think) the first Saturday in August. Last year Julia and I were the only CNM members there and the year before, the Reiders and the Vertrees participated. I really think that CNM should support this event more than we have in the past. Steve and Tarmo have been talking about possibilities for an Aspencade event in October. They can arrange for us to visit the Shidoni Art Studio near Tesuque where they do bronze casting. This is north of Santa Fe and south of Pojoaque. Castings are poured at 13:00, 14:30 and 16:00. If we arrive about a half hour before pouring time, we will get a personalized tour. It was suggested that we could leave in time to arrive at 12:30, take the tour and then eat lunch somewhere nearby. We could then tour on the Bishop's Lodge road on the way back. The latter part is still very open. The board will see what the membership thinks of this. Sylvan brought up whether we need to publish all the out-of-town shows from the Car Council report in the newsletter. It was decided that just a very few close local dates would be published in the newsletter. Everything will be put on the web page with directions in the newsletter for those interested. We ordered fifty of the new name tags and the demand from the membership and new members has been so great, we now have only five name tags left. Steve will check to see if we can order another supply of only twenty-five tags. Sylvan reported that one way he has been finding new members is to call whenever he sees an ad in the paper for a Corvair for sale, to try to contact the new owner. We might report this tactic to CORSA to forward to other clubs, since it has been successful for Sylvan. For years we have sent copies of our newsletter to our western directors. Our newest director is in Canada. Sylvan checked with the post office and learned that to send our newsletter to Canada, it would have to be in a brown envelope and would have to be sent by air mail; the postage rate is currently 85 cents. This brought up the question as to whether the western directors want to have a copy of our newsletter. The consensus is that since they are our directors and we have elected them, we should let them know what is going on way off in New Mexico. We decided that we should continue to send the newsletter to all of our directors and that the extra cost to mail to Canada should not deter us. It was suggested that Mark could find out whether the western directors want the hard copy mailed to them, or if they would rather have it as e-mail. Jim did not say anything, but his brain waves told me he thought it would be a royal pain to send our newsletter as e-mail. The meeting was adjourned at 18:15. === * * * * * * * * * * * * * FOR SALE, TRADE OR WANTED * * * * * * * * * * * * * WANTED: Any early air conditioning parts. Carl Johnson 344-3178 FOR SALE: 1962 Greenbrier van. Good condition but won't start. $900. Mike Stickler 344-2039 FOR SALE: 1965 Corsa Convertible -- $600 -- Call Bill Reider 299-4597 Body only - drive train still in car. No heads on engine block. It has a 140 block. FOR SALE: 1960 Monza coupe -- $750 -- Call Bill Reider 299-4597 Needs ground up restoration. Automatic, Radio, gas heater. Powder coated engine shrouding. Full set of 60 Monza wheel covers. Extra front and rear suspension. Less that 27,000 miles. Included: Assembly & Shop Manuals for the 1960 Corvair. Extra gas heater parts. FOR SALE: 1966-67 Corvair -- $1400 -- Call Bill Reider 299-4597 Automatic recently rebuilt. 110 engine with recent valve job. New black carpet needs to be installed. New black headliner to be installed. New black rear package area carpet needs to be installed. New black dash pad. White bucket seats in good shape, rear seats need recovering. Dual master cylinder installed. Needs battery & paint. Body straight. FOR SALE: Tire & Wheel C-78-13 White Cruise Master 4-ply 6.50-13 tubeless Ruth 821-1506 * * * * * CNM ADS ARE FREE TO CNM MEMBERS, $5.00 TO NON-CNM MEMBERS * * * * * === Seven Years Ago in C.N.M. July 1994 Volume 20 Number 7 The cover showed the commemorative award presented to Terry Price for hazardous duty at the Pagosa Springs Tri-State Meet last month. Don't know about that? Ask Del or Dennis. We had $873 in the bank. The Museum car show had 440 vehicles but Corvair turnout was disappointing. LeRoy provided photos. At the Pagosa Springs Tri-State there were 91 Corvairs; Denver took the biggest turnout award; we planned to host next year's event at Red River. Kay Sutt provided a great report on the Colorado event. We planned a Saturday tech session to demonstrate Heim joint carb linkage. We looked forward to the July Fourth car show, an All-Chevy show at Galles celebrating their 86th anniversary and a July 10th econorun. Sylvan said new members Clint and Angela Collins were married in June and new member Bert Weil was undertaking a restoration of a 1964 sedan. Technical articles: Steve Gongora told us how to finish back window trim; Larry Blair told us how to prevent Corvair skin cancer with a screen under the front air intake; Harry "The Tin Man" warned about condensation during storage; Denny Myers told about proper installation of a Chevy S-10 air dam on late Corvairs. Finally, we reprinted a short article on Don Yenko and his Corvair Stinger race cars. Fourteen Years Ago The July 1987 cover was yet another Mark Morgan Corvair fantasy. We had $633 to spend. Library van progress: the seats were done and body work was next. Corvairs at the Museum car show were scattered, not grouped. Eleven Corvairs went to Ouray and total attendance was 65. Jerry showed us a video of the Ouray trip. Clayborne told us how he "sparked" bearing races to keep them from spinning in his front wheel hubs. More tech tips: connect your engine ground straps so your brake cable won't melt; things to do when rebuilding an engine; easy removal of weatherstrips; using a test lamp to check electrical circuits. Otto Mechanic found a new use for Armor All. And, this was the first CNM newsletter to feature a set of replica "Burma Shave" signs scattered throughout the issue. Twenty-one Years Ago The July 1980 cover featured an NSU Prinz 1000 whose styling was directly influenced by the 1960 Corvair. New members were Del Patten, Sheldon Dike and John Meissner - Ike's son. Bill Reider gave us a talk on Corvair mufflers, particularly on using "turbo" mufflers on non-turbo cars. Jim reported on a CAR and DRIVER article on the most significant cars of the last 25 years... the Corvair was mentioned, but, sadly, not for its intrinsic value; it made the list because it "opened the door to the government regulation of the automobile." Jim also provided a book review: The (in)Compleat Corvair Story by Dave Newell. Technical: Carl Johnson commented on how to connect a condenser to a generator: it goes to the ARMATURE terminal, not to the FIELD terminal; he also told us what it's there for in the first place: radio noise suppression. === ============================================================================ C O R V A I R S o f N E W M E X I C O C O M I N G E V E N T S ============================================================================ | | | | | J u l y | A u g u s t | S e p t e m b e r | | | | | | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | : : : 1 2 3 4 | : : : : : : 1 | | 8 8 10 11 12 13 14 | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | | 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | | 29 30 31 : : : : | 26 27 28 29 30 31 : | 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 | | : : : : : : : | : : : : : : : | 30 : : : : : : | ============================================================================ Wed 4th Jul early! Santa Fe Plaza Car Show, Pancake Breakfast, Parade Wed 11th Jul 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - a week late - GALLES CHEVROLET Sat 14th Jul 11:00 AM CNM Ladies - meet to go to Edeskutys' and Sticklers' Wed 18th Jul 5:00 PM Board Meeting - House of Covers Fri 20th Jul 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Wed 1st Aug 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE Sat-Sun 11-12 August Campout in the Pecos - Ruth Boydston's Sat 11th Aug 1:00 PM CNM Ladies - TBA Wed 15th Aug 5:00 PM Board Meeting - House of Covers Fri 24th Aug 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Wed 5th Sep 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE Sat 8th Sep 1:00 PM CNM Ladies - TBA Wed 19th Sep 5:00 PM Board Meeting - House of Covers Fri 21st Sep 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Sun 2nd Dec 11:00 AM Christmas Dinner - Kirtland AFB - Rita Gongora =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=++=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= July Meeting Talk -by- Robert Gold MY CAR HANDLES BETTER THAN YOUR CAR! Want to prove it? Here's your chance. Ms. Bay Stevens of Southwest Motorsports will be at the July 11 CNM meeting to talk about driving our cars at the Sandia Motorsport Race Track. Here's a unique opportunity to become Al Unser Jr. for a day and see what your baby will do. See you there. CNM Ladies for July -by- Anne Mae Gold After playing phone tag with me for a while, Brenda Stickler has planned the July meeting for us. We will meet on July 14th up in Jemez Springs. Brenda Edeskuty will host us for lunch and then we will drive up to Brenda Stickler's cabin for dessert. Anyone who needs a map can call Brenda Stickler and she'll mail one out to you. Anyone interested in caravaning please call Anne Mae or Brenda. The plan is to meet at the junction of 528 and 44 (at the gas station where the two meet) no later than 11 am and then drive up together from there. You may want to call Brenda Stickler to confirm that you are going so we know who to wait for and how many will need to be fed. Hope your summer is relaxing and refreshing! Ta ta for now, Anne Mae Campout in the Pecos -by- Debbie Deck From: debbie k deck Hey guys, it's that time of year again for the annual Corvair campout. It will be once again held in the Pecos mountains, at Ruth's cabin, on August 11 and 12. There will be lots to see and do, if you haven't been there. Ruth has plenty of land, trees, and nature stuff with plenty of space to fill up any campground. We will be having our events on Saturday which will include: games, competition and an evening get together meal. This year we are having a corn roast complete with meat, potatoes and veggies. There will be mule rides and nature hikes, along with hopefully a campfire Saturday evening. Ruth is such a great host, so come on up and have a great time. Please let Debbie Deck know (836-4845) if you are attending, so the evening meal can be planned. A map to the cabin will be in the next month's newsletter. The map is excellent so you will have no trouble finding her cabin. Hope to see you there -- Debbie Deck === FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT Hurley Wilvert Here it is summer already and I was just beginning to realize that spring was here! I write this column from my hotel room in Houston, Texas where I have been for a week already with another week to go. The weather here is very humid, not like the nice dry weather we have in Albuquerque. It reminds me of what it was like back in Kentucky in the 60s when I got my first Corvair. It was really humid there too and I didn't have air conditioning in my car. The Corvair does have a great feature that cars today don't have that makes the lack of air conditioning quite tolerable, the fresh air vents forward of the front doors. Being a fan of fresh air, I really enjoy cruising down the road with that fresh air blowing on you. To me it feels much better than air conditioning. However, in stop & go traffic you don't get much air, but that doesn't happen much in Albuquerque. Remember, in August we have the great Corvair campout at Ruth Boydston's cabin for those of you who like to sleep under the stars (or in a motor home under the stars). Last year was great and I plan to be there again this year. Ruth has a beautiful place in the Pecos that is not a very far drive from town. Debbie Deck is planning the entertainment again this year, so plan on having a great weekend. Thanks Ruth and Debbie! I look forward to seeing you all there. I am hoping to have one of my cars cosmetically repaired sufficiently that I am not embarrassed to show it at the State Fair Car Show, which is coming up in September. I do have to get out of the habit of playing bumper cars with my Corvairs! Bring your car to the Fair and spend an enjoyable day telling all the fairgoers all about Corvairs. You also get to hear their stories, you know, about the one they used to have with the 4-cylinder engine. Thanks to Robert Gold for organizing our Fair participation. Be sure to make a note that the July meeting is a week late, since our regular meeting day falls on the July 4th holiday. It's the same time, same place, just one week later (July 11th). See you there. Hurley Wilvert - President === Mystery Tour Report Mark Domzalski Saturday dawned clear and beautiful, and by the time the CNM crowd began to congregate in the Bien Mur parking lot it was well on its way to being another HOT day. We had eight participating cars including a red 1961 Lakewood, a white 1966 Corsa coupe, a 1964 Monza convertible, a 1961 Greenbrier, assorted Brand-X's and of course the Rallymaster's 1962 Rampside. Delighted participants were Chuck & Julie Vertrees, Rita & Steve Gongora with a large crew, Sylvan Zuercher, David Huntoon, Del and Dave Patten, Tarmo and Kay Sutt and Caroline and Wendell Walker. Rallymaster Jerry Goffe arrived on his Honda scooter-on-steroids. Our editor got a few digital snaps to decorate the newsletter with. We had an interesting drive and winners were Wendell & Kay in first place; the Vertrees won the bonus prize; Sylvan won the word pictogram questions. We all enjoyed lunch at the 66 Diner on Central and everyone agreed it was a fun event. Thanks to all who came out to look for the mystery! === Tech Tip: Oil Filler Cap Del Patten It seems that on occasion our oil filler caps take leave of their assigned place on the filler tube for vacations to parts unknown -- maybe there is a Club Med for oil filler caps in Saudi Arabia. As it turns out, they don't always arrange for a substitute. This apparent lack of consideration can and does cause considerable anguish to the unknowing owners as their vehicles suddenly start leaking mass quantities of oil. The obvious solution when discovered is to return the wayfaring cap (they don't seem to stray too far from here you left them!!) to its right and proper location back atop the oil filler tube. This does not, however, clean the engine compartment of the 20-50 weight oil now spread over everything in sight including those lovely yellow plug wires you just installed. The solution at hand is to remove all the engine compartment seals thus allowing veritable tons of New Mexico dust to make a happy marriage with the oil. The results of the mating (excuse the reference to sex!!) of the oil and the dust are far easier to remove that the oil is alone!! This even coating of dust and oil will of course help in hiding the fact that you never did repaint the shrouds anyway!! And it will help in keeping the rust wolves at bay for yet another season and could result in more points being garnered for that trophy... you know... ugliest Corvair??!! Some fool shared this tip with me and I think it warrants his immediate induction to the DoMC... but said fool is already a member many times over! -- A nony mouse.... === (The following article was reprinted from VAIR-IETY, Puget Sound's Corvair Club) Positive approach to caster by Brent Covey, Western Canada CORSA The late Corvair has a wider rear wheel track than the front track. The rear axle is 1.5" wider than the front, and the wheelbase is nine feet long (108"). You need all four wheels 'toed in' slightly, which means the front edges of all four tires must point slightly at one another, by about 1/8" to 3/8" or so. This is necessary for a couple reasons; not least of which is that the toe in compensates for the toe out created from rolling drag on the tires as the car drives along. Toe in also adds substantial response and stability in small amounts. Large amounts will wear tires faster, and make the car edgy in slippery conditions, like ice and rain. Also, on cars like Corvairs where the rear wheels can have toe set, they need the rear wheels pointed to follow the front wheels. You don't want a situation where you have proper toe in on the rear tires, relative to each other, but they are pointing slightly left or right as a team, and making the car go down the road slightly sideways, which is called dog tracking. On all four wheels, you want to set camber, which is the tipping in or out of the top of the tires. A slight amount of positive camber is usually best for normal driving, as it compensates for the side to side curvature of the road crown, and it somewhat 'preloads' the tire carcass to increase response. It also helps carry the weight on the tire treads in a central location, sort of like the ball of your foot, which minimizes the amount of road shock that will make its way back to the driver. In the old days, bias ply and bias belted tires could be controlled a bit by extra camber also, they would pull the direction they were tipped if a drivers side front tire was tipped out a little bit extra, it would tend to pull the car towards the road crown, which helped keep the car from needing correction on long straight highways by giving a slight lead to left. Positive camber is the tires tipping outboard at the top of the sidewall, like an ox cart. Negative camber is tipping inwards at the top, many Corvairs and other cars you see with independent rear suspension have negative camber, which can help cornering traction at very high speeds but wears tires rapidly on the inside shoulder of the tread, and generally is undesirable. Zero camber is what a solid axle has; the tires are absolutely square to the pavement. There's a caster adjustment on the front tires as well. Caster is the distance the tread of the tire follows the axis the spindles rotate around vertically. The weight of the car and the drag of the wheels will create a force that helps the steering self-center. This is done to enhance stability in straight ahead driving, and large amounts of POSITIVE caster also help increase traction in hard cornering as the tires will tip into a turn like a motorcycle and cancel out some of the outward roll of the car body as the car corners. If you see a Mercedes or BMW parked with the wheels turned sharply, you'll notice the tires lean sharply into the turn direction. We'll want this, that's strong positive caster. When the car is being driven along the road, the motion of the suspension changes these angles and their relative importance as the wheels move up and down and turn, and these relationships are controlled in a way that encourages good handling and preventing shock or strong feedback, like bump steer to the driver. The settings we make at the curb with the car standing still are to a large extent just poising the parts where their own mechanical action can take over as the car is driven. So here's where we're going. We want all four wheels very slightly tipped out at the top, very slightly pointed together at the front edges, with lots of caster (tips into turns) when the front tires are steered, and we have to accomplish this while ensuring the steering wheel is pointed straight ahead when the car is, and that the rear tires follow exactly in the track of the front. To get these things all working together takes a little chasing around, as one adjustment can effect the rest slightly, it's a relationship of angles we're creating. So, here's what to do; Fill the gas tank, and load the car as it's usually operated, spare tire, jack, tools etc. Park on a level floor. Make sure all the suspension parts can be adjusted, which should be tine if you're recently rebuilt the suspension. Make sure the tires are all inflated properly. First we need the steering box on center, and adjusted. Steering box adjustment is covered in the shop manual, and I won't go into it here, but you will want the play removed about three turns on each side wheel to relieve the pressure, and permit the big bracket to move freely left and right. Now, sighting from the back, look across the sidewall and see if you can see the FRONT tire on one side. If you can't, bump the bracket in slightly, and look again. What we're trying to do, is just bring the front sidewall into view across the 'horizon' formed across the sidewalls of the rear tire. By bumping the bracket inwards (a heavy hammer on a 2"x4" block of wood held against the bracket edge works good) or prying the bracket OUT with a long tool like a tire iron gently against the body rail will permit you to bring the wheel into line so the 'horizon' lines up right. Try to make sure the bracket stays square in the body and doesn't get cocked to one side or the other. When you feel you have the wheel in line, tighten two of the four bolts to hold the adjustment and roll the car gently back and forth a couple feet by hand to settle it and recheck. Do the same on the opposite rear wheel, and lock its adjustment. Because the rear wheels are spaced slightly wider than the fronts, by aiming them to point at the front tires, they will be slightly toed in, and aimed in a way that they follow directly behind the front wheels. In a perfect world, you'd have 0.34" total toe in, which is about 5/16" toe in. This is perfect. Now, go to the front end of the car, and loosen the tie rod clamps. Front wheel toe in is adjusted the same way, look across the 'horizon' formed across the front tire sidewalls at the rear tires until you can just detect the rear sidewalls at their widest point. Its VERY important that the steering wheel/box remain in the dead centered position, which is why we tied it down, and put the tape on the rim to see if it has moved. Make corrections as you go if need be. Adjust both front tie rods so you get the tires lined pointed at the rears and the box still on 'center'. After this, you'll have 5/16" toe in at the front, and at the rear, correct camber and no dog tracking, with a centered steering wheel. This is not complete yet however, this is just preliminary. But it is VERY accurate. Caster is next, on the front wheels. If you are using larger than stock tires, you'll be limited in how much caster you can get away with. Caster is adjusted by lengthening the diagonal rod between the lower control arm, and the crossmember. You want to back the rear nut off and tighten the front one to INCREASE positive caster, and the reverse to decrease (make more negative) the positive caster. As caster increases, it moves the tire forwards in the car body (wheel opening) so, wide tires may get too close at extremes of adjustment. The rearward nut on the strut rod used to adjust caster is a lock nut, but the front one is a regular nut in most cases. Loosen the back one off first, it's the tight one. Back the locknut out of the way a few turns. Get in the car, and turn the front wheels to either side one turn exactly, and get the wheel pointed straight up with the tape at the top. Go to the side that the wheels are turned towards. Measure camber again, you should discover the tire is tipped outboard slightly. If it isn't, lengthen the strut rod (back the nuts toward the rear) on the side you're working on until the tire tips out about 1/4" at the top. Take the slack up in the nuts when you have a fairly good tip out. Repeat the process on the other side, and recheck camber with the wheels pointed straight ahead, and make any minor corrections needed. Be sure to roll the car back and forth a short distance to settle it out between adjustments occasionally. Check the rear toe again, and if its still correct (should be) secure the control arm brackets tightly to the car body. Then WITHOUT JACKING IT UP tighten up the four slide adjustment small strut rod brackets at the transaxle crossmember, so they are secure. This is awkward, but necessary. They MUST be tightened as a last step, and with the weight on the car wheels. Recheck front toe by sighting again at the rear wheels with the wheel centered. It should be close or perfect. Tighten the clamps on the tie rods. Now its time for a short test ride. Take the car for a ride on a good level straight road about 40 mph and see if it has any pulling to one side or the other, and that the steering wheel is centered when the car is driven in a straight line. If it pulls to one side, it means you need either more caster on the side it pulls towards, or less on the side it pulls away from. Usually it's best to add caster from the preliminary adjustment. If the car drifts or pulls RIGHT as example, you will want to back the nuts towards the rear of the LEFT caster rod until it feels neutral. You may also move the nuts towards the front on the right side instead. Experiment until the car feels absolutely neutral to drive, no drift or pull to either side. Lock the locknuts on the caster rods securely, and that's done. If the steering wheel isn't *quite* centered, you may adjust it by finely adjusting the tie rods to steer the tires in the direction the wheel points during straight-ahead driving. As example, if you need to steer slightly right to drive straight ahead, toeing the right front wheel out slightly and toeing in the left front wheel the exactly same amount will correct the steering wheel to straight ahead if done equally on each side, without affecting toe in. When you're quite certain you have everything lined up satisfactorily, and the car drives perfectly, double check that things are even and the toe/camber hasn't shifted and that all the fasteners affected are tight and snug, and you're done. ===