You didn't get lucky, you just knew what you were doing!!.
What you described is the simplest way to do it. My only real problem was
caused by not knowing how to seperate the stator tube from the trafficator
assembly by way of the three screws hidden underneath, which allows access
to the wiring connection. Once I knew that it was pretty simple.
Derek
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Richard Kahn <tahoehealey at hotmail.com>wrote:
> Perhaps I missed something. I changed out the wheels two years ago with out
> a problem. Left the wires in state and worked from the top. Removed
> trafficator/horn assembly. Pulled split circle ring and removed wheel and
> hub. Replaced hub with design needed from MOSS. Reused original hardware.
> All buttoned up in maybe 1 1/2 hours. Did I just get lucky?
> Rich Kahn
>
> > Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 14:35:47 +0200
> > From: derek.c.job at gmail.com
> > To: Healeys at autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Healeys] Moto-Lita, Mission accomplished!
>
> >
> > Thanks for all the responses. I went back to the car this morning and
> > finished the installation in a couple of hours. The article on the
> Acmefluid
> > website is really helpful and as it says near the end I reckon it is
> > possible to change the wheel AND re-use the original trafficator without
> > pulling the wires all the way through. You can do it from the top end
> > although you will need to cut off the connectors so they pass through the
> > short stator tube, and then re-solder them.
> >
> > As my indicators had been moved to a seperate dashboard switch by the PO
> I
> > didn't have to do anything with the remaining 3 wires, I just isolated
> them
> > and all my electrics are working fine.
> >
> > I went for the brushed aluminum Boss and horn push with AH badge. I think
> > the result gives a very clean look. You can see it on this web page.
> Scroll
> > to the bottom of the page.
> >
> > http://www.healeysix.net/mynew100six.htm
> >
> >
> > The link to the Acmefluid article is
> >
> > www.acmefluid.com.au/larry/trafficator.html
> >
> > Derek
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