Re: [HSS] The Switch Is Apart

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Hudson29@aol.com wrote:

>

> Thanks to a suggestion on this list, I tried prying the rotary switches

> from the handles of the by now infamous "Mien Car" electrical switch. A

> little pressure produced a wiggle, enough to confirm that the barrels would

> separate at the base.

> The parts were spritzed with Aerokroil and the circular bits were prized

> off. The handles were swollen and slightly stuck into the face of the switch,

> so they were tapped out with a drift. This needed enough force to give me

> qualms about the probability of the deteriorated pot metal being damaged, but

> this turn out not to be the case. Removing the rotary portion allowed a

> larger punch to be used than would have been the case had they remained in

> place.

> The two handles look to be identical, a bit of a break. Now they are off,

> it is easy to see the deep crack that had weakened the metal. If my head

> hadn't broken the handle a couple of weeks ago, my hand certainly would have

> on using the switch sometime in the future.

> A pic is attached showing the parts laid out. More detailed shots have

> been posted to the Files section.

>

> Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com

> Fullerton, California USA

>

Do you have anyone who can reproduce the switch arms for you? If not I

can get them done at the same foundry who did the steering wheel hubs.

This would entail sending them around the world and back however.

Incidentally, I have your rose-pattern radiator cap almost ready, so

will post that to you in the near future. I have found one side only

of the rose pattern robe-rail brackets.

Geoff.