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Re: Rocker switch removal

To: "Charles D. Sorkin" <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>, "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Rocker switch removal
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 10:33:20 -0500
Charles,
        Without benefit of the part number you are looking at.... are you sure
that isn't the tool for removing the chrome bezel that retained the older
toggle switches?
        Peter C
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At 09:46 AM 5/12/2000 , Charles D. Sorkin wrote:
>Since there has been some discussion on this topic recently, and I ended up
>destroying a rocker switch last year, I'd like to point out a discovery I
>made while looking at the specialized tools section in the Sprite/Midget
>factory manual reprint.
>
>One of the tools, at the end of the final section, is designated a panel
>switch remover.  It is essentially a U-shaped device with slightly tapered
>ends.  If you can get your hand around the back of the fascia, it looks like
>you could stick the tool around the surround of the switch, and then push it
>(towards you, if you're sitting in the drivers seat) and it will force the
>catch tabs together and loosen the switch.
>
>I don't suppose there is still a source for any of the factory made tools
>like this, or the Churchill items?  This one is really simple looking, but
>it would need to be fabricated out of either metal or hard plastic, so not
>easy for the home mechanic to make.
>
>Regards,
>
>Charles
>'74 Midget
>'68 Sprite
>cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
>Bloomfield, NJ
>"How about we duck inside for a Hen?"


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