Today, I had my Cowboy hat on.....

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Today, I had my Cowboy hat on.....

Post by Simon Baxter »

*Whistles that cowboy theme*

Customers van sat on ramp.
Customer says rear diff lock doesn't work.
Simon says diff lock does work, but light doesn't come on.
Simon has a look.
Simon notices someone has had a right "go" at some special wiring.
Simon removes switch, finds it's all mullered from previous attempts to attach some wires to broken stubs of brass.
Simon tries to order a new switch, which he is told is not obsolete, but non in country and on back order.
Simon says "oh, bums"

What to do?
Van on ramp, lots of money tied up in it, no news on switch, must make light work.
Simon goes hunting in the stores...

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Simon comes out with M18 sump plug and a T3 reverse light switch.
Simon goes to see matey at machine shop across the way and gets him to whittle down said sump plug and tap it to m12x1.5 down the middle.

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Simon then thread locks the switch into the chopped down sump plug, repares the "special wiring" and jobs a good 'un.

Just thought I would share incase anyone else is in the same boat.
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Post by Titus A Duxass »

Nice bit of adaptive engineering - yee hah!
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Post by poshbuggers »

Very creative.

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Post by HarryMann »

Good eye for matching roundy nipple things Simon... :wink:

and obviously very important to get that truck finished and off the lift !

Bloke over road has this prob all time... he has one pit, one lift and about two slots in yard
Does classic cars a lot, Alvis', MGs, Jags, Bentleys, etc. and mixes in with modern stuff so you know what's coming

Car stuck over pit waiting for bit :(
Pit perfect for quick check before pricing an underneath job... :evil:

He's also finding last few months even more of the specialist shops and services have gone, small motor oriented machine shops...
Oh! and says there are quite a few sharks creeping into the classic car world... big specialists that promote themselves as Purer than Driven Snow - but aren't.
Both an Alvis and Jag suffered in other hands before finding their way to him recently...

PS. Trustworthy, knowledgeable, (Aladdin's cave of) classic carburrettor part service required - long since gone down this way - any references appreciated, anywhere in country.

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