Re: Randy Berger's 1956 Caribbean

Posted by HH56 On 2009/9/18 8:55:32

Mine also gave some grief. While not broken, it had bowed slightly causing the phenolic to loosen on one end. That plus the weight and stiffness of wires & motion of door would periodically pull it loose from those terminals.

I removed the phenolic, tightened all the connectors and when putting it back together countersunk the outer holes & used small nylon screws & nuts to keep the phenolic on snugly. Made the center ones lightly larger & drilled corresponding holes in the back of the switch and threaded those for nylon screws. That keeps the block on, phenolic tight and have had no more issues for almost 2 yrs now.