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A few weeks ago, while undoing the steering wheel from the steering column, I learned a neat trick: when in doubt, just torch it. My friend brought over a steering wheel extractor that he had invented and which worked beautifully for his Giulietta, but naturally, the Giulia has a different style wheel, so the tool was useless. Being a smart guy who's had many things not work for him before, he also brought a propane torch. While staring stupidly at the blue blame for a few minutes, we managed to heat the aluminum in the center of the wheel enough so as to be simply pulled out and off of the column... After this adventure, I ran out to the hardware store and bought myself a nice torch, and tried it on some of the more stubborn screws that bolted the door latch mechanism onto the door - it worked like a charm! I'm all about the efficacy of fire now; never knew it to be so useful, except when cooking.
On a separate front, I've got the wooden dolly mostly built, with regular lumber and some construction brackets, 5" casters that I found at Lowe's. Will post pictures when it's finished either tomorrow or the day after. Hurray, it's getting close to the day when it goes to get painted!
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