Joe, Now that you have solved your turning signal woes, you can come check
mine out! Ha.
Patrick Bowen
'79 Spit (with the manual turn signal cancellation option)
At 09:34 PM 8/7/98 -0700, Joe Curry wrote:
>Today, I started cleaning Huxley for our trek to the wilds of BC, Canada
>tomorrow and I decided to fix a problem that I have been putting off for
>entirely too long.
>
>I knew that I when I installed my Steering shaft during my restoration,
>I didn't get the little lobe on the end that cancels the turn signals
>centered between the actuators on the switch.
>
>In order to solve the problem, I had to remove the Oil cooler adapter
>and hoses to get to the connection to the rack. When I removed this
>stuff, I found that the coupler had a bolt almost all the way out and
>one of the hoses was worn almost all the way through. Apparently the
>hoses were resting on the coupler and the turning motion rubbed the hose
>and wore it and also wore the safety wire holding one of the bolts in.
>
>I repaired the damage and re-mounted the hoses so that they do not
>contact the coupler.
>
>Then I went on to centering the shaft and discovered that the misaligned
>shaft was responsible for my mysterious horn honking that was also
>bothering me for a while. Now I have turn signals that cancel by
>themselves, a horn that does not honk on its own and a steering coupler
>that should work well for a lot longer.
>
>I think they call that, "killing 4 birds with one stone".
>
>So I'm off to British Columbia bright and early tomorrow morning.
>
>Regards,
>Joe Curry
>--
>"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
>
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
>
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