Vacuum Light Switch on Dash
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Post by: lotusfan » Sun Jan 25, 2015 4:18 pm
Presumably your problem is that you can't remove the knob from the shaft.
If you look at the pictures at the end of this link you will see a spring loaded pin at the end of the shaft, just push it in with a small screwdriver and the knob will come off.
lotus-twincam-f39/vacuum-switch-t13457.html
If you look at the pictures at the end of this link you will see a spring loaded pin at the end of the shaft, just push it in with a small screwdriver and the knob will come off.
lotus-twincam-f39/vacuum-switch-t13457.html
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Post by: billwill » Sun Jan 25, 2015 6:00 pm
After taking the knob off, the nut holding it on is deep in the recess. Sometines you can undo it with long pointy nose pliers.
I made a tool from a piece of thin pipe, I cut the end so that there were two points on opposite side of the tube, that fit into the slots in the nut.
I made a tool from a piece of thin pipe, I cut the end so that there were two points on opposite side of the tube, that fit into the slots in the nut.
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Post by: pharriso » Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:13 pm
I bought one of these...http://www.ebay.com/itm/MG-ignition-switch-nut-tool-lucas-triumph-Jaguar-Austin-Healey-Rover-jensen-Lola-/201173629005?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2ed6e1f84d&vxp=mtr
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Post by: Grizzly » Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:09 pm
I've been having exactly the same problem and i've just bought these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371229856843? ... EBIDX%3AIT
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Post by: pharriso » Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:49 pm
billwill wrote:
That looks too short to do the vacuum 'switch'; it has a long shaft to the knob.
No, there is a large hole right through it, you use a spanner/wrench on the tool.
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Post by: john.p.clegg » Sat Jan 31, 2015 3:52 pm
I knew the old box spanners would come in handy,one end flick switches,the other ignition switch...
10 minutes with a file....
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