It's snowing here today so thus begins my thinking of winter projects for my restoration. Everything worked fine on the steering rack but while I have it out I thought I should see what it needs. I know nothing about this and am not sure how to take it apart, or whether that's even wise. I have a rather beaten up one from a 74 parts car and one thing I do see is that a copper contact on mine is broken but looks good on the parts piece, so I should probably transfer that over. Any advice on what to do and how to go about doing it is welcome. I'd also like to improve the appearance where the black paint is missing. Here are some pics of what I'm working with.
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Broken copper contact thingy
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Intact copper contact thingy from a 74
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